chinese company see saic motor . for the us company prior to sep. 2013 see leidos . saic science applications international corporation inc. type public traded as nyse saic industry information technology and engineering founded 1969 original company 2013 as a spin off of leidos formerly saic headquarters tysons corner virginia u.s. mclean mailing address key people anthony j. moraco ceo revenue us 4.5 billion annual number of employees 15 000 website www.saic.com footnotes references 1 2 3 science applications international corporation saic is an american company headquartered in tysons corner virginia that provides government services and information technology support . the original saic was created in 1969 by j. robert beyster . then on september 27 2013 it spun off a 4 billion unit which retained its name 4 while the parent company changed its name to leidos . following the split anthony j. moraco was appointed ceo of saic and john p. jumper was appointed ceo of leidos . 5 the primary motivation for the spinoff was the conflicts of interest provisions in the federal acquisition regulations which prevented the company from bidding on some new contracts because of existing contracts . 6 7 on may 4 2015 saic acquired scitor holdings inc. for 790 million to expand their presence in the intelligence industry through classified contracts cleared personnel and a robust security infrastructure . 8 scitor was previously owned by leonard green & partners l.p. a private equity firm . 9 saic has adopted a matrix operating model in which different service lines collaborate to serve a given contract . 10 11 deborah lee james president of saic s technology and engineering sector was sworn in as secretary of the air force on december 20 2013 after being appointed by president barack obama . references edit aitoro jill r. 27 september 2013 . what to expect from leidos and saic when they start trading sept. 30 . washington business journal . retrieved 29 september 2013 . aitoro jill r. 27 september 2013 . exclusive john jumper explains why the leidos saic split had to happen . washington business journal . retrieved 26 september 2013 . www.saic.com . retrieved 29 september 2013 . jayakumar amrita 27 september 2014 . one year later the tale of saic and leidos . the washington post . retrieved 1 october 2014 . the washington post . washington post . retrieved 2016 09 29 . riekenberg philip 2013 09 17 . saic a profitable solution to a conflict of interest . retrieved 2016 09 29 . one year later the tale of saic and leidos . washington post . retrieved 2016 09 29 . saic completes acquisition of scitor saic . investors.saic.com . retrieved 2016 09 29 . leonard green & partners past investments . www.leonardgreen.com . retrieved 2016 09 29 . one year later the tale of saic and leidos . washington post . retrieved 2016 09 29 . saic simulation & analysis . www.saic.com . retrieved 2016 09 29 . external links edit official website this united states corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title science applications international corporation & oldid 741694719 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangeengineering companies of the united statesdefense companies of the united statescompanies established in 20132013 establishments in virginiaunited states company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 september 2016 at 03 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view