SAIC Awarded New $229M Contract for DoD IT Modernization

Science Applications International Corp. (NASDAQ: SAIC) has been awarded a new $229 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense to provide vital IT solutions under the NORAD/USNORTHCOM Information Technology Enterprise Services (NITES) program.

"NORAD and USNORTHCOM defend America and its people,” said Vinnie DiFronzo, executive vice president for Air Force and Combatant Commands at SAIC. “SAIC is committed to delivering a highly-resilient, highly-available IT network for these warfighters who have a no-fail mission. We will leverage our recent NORAD command and control modernization success through the ABMS Cloud Based Command and Control program to accelerate NORAD’s Enterprise IT capability.”

SAIC will drive modernization, innovation and efficiency for the NITES program, deploying skilled professionals and solutions in IT service management, network modernization, automation of existing IT systems, cloud migration and cybersecurity.