SAIC does well on Iraq and Afghanistan

June 3, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Earnings, IT, SAIC, SETA, logistics 

SAIC reported that their first quarter profits were up 25% over last year. See a story here. The company chose to highlight there contracts providing support to the various MRAPs deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq as part of the reason results were so good. Of interest is that the CEO, Mr. Dahlberg, complained of the fact that they cannot generate commercial growth to their satisfaction. This is often true of various large defense contractors. If there are significant decreases in the US defense budget in the future these companies may find it hard to sustain growth and profitability.