Science Applications International Corporation

A major technology, systems integration, and consulting company for the federal government, focusing on nuclear, defense, and intelligence programs, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has had several office and technical buildings in El Segundo over the years—the offices at 200 Pacific Coast Highway are its most visible, at the moment. The company was founded in La Jolla in 1969, as an off-shoot of General Atomics. In 2013 the company split into two parts, creating a new company, called Leidos, in order to reduce internal conflict of interests (Leidos recently merged with Lockheed, and is now the largest IT company in the defense sector). SAIC continues its consulting and systems integration work in El Segundo, working with Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, the Aerospace Corporation and the Space and Missile Systems Center.