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Growth of the Company: FY 1986

Diversification became the key word in describing SAIC—a technically driven team of high-caliber professionals working in many different environments.


Fiscal Year 1986

Fiscal Year 1986 was a year in which SAIC combined major technical accomplishments with sound financial performance to achieve growth that surpassed all expectations. This performance indicated the kind of organization SAIC had built — encouraging employees to be their best, and providing them a stake in the ownership and direction of their company.

  • A major accomplishment was SAIC’s near-completion of its largest contract — the complete turnkey installation of a command, control, and communication system for a foreign navy

  • SAIC’s active and visible involvement as a systems architect in President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative was a testimony to the company’s national reputation