SAIC dedicates new building in North Charleston

Science Applications International Corporation dedicated its new building at 1141 Remount Road, North Charleston, S.C. 29406. Honored and invited guests include local Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) leadership, local government officials including North Charleston’s Mayor Keith Summey and SAIC leadership.

SAIC has worked with the government on programs of national and international importance in the Charleston area for more than two decades. The company has supported its neighbor in Charleston, SPAWAR, for more than 25 years through systems engineering, platform integration, management, administrative, and logistic services. The 250 employees at the North Charleston facility enables SAIC to expand its existing presence and continue to provide support to customers in the area.

The new facility will house SAIC’s Advanced Computer Engineering (ACE) Laboratory, a state-of-the-art facility designed to foster the innovation of technologies that deliver command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions. The ACE Lab will allow SAIC experts to work with customers to develop advanced engineering solutions for the nation’s most significant technological and software challenges.

SAIC will occupy 43,081 square feet of the 105,150 square foot building. The company signed a lease with Venture One Real Estate, LLC to occupy the property until 2021.

“This is a great opportunity for SAIC to enhance its presence in Charleston. Our employees here are proud of the contributions they make for our customers and we look forward to continued growth in the Low Country community,” said Deb Alderson, SAIC’s Defense Solutions Group President.

About SAIC
SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health. The company’s approximately 41,000 employees serve customers in the U.S. Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other U.S. government civil agencies, and selected commercial markets. Headquartered in McLean, Va., SAIC had annual revenues of $11.1 billion for its fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2011. For more information, visit www.saic.com. SAIC:  From Science to Solutions