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Happy Birthday to the United States Air Force! Today, we recognize the Airmen who have served, sacrificed, and carried the mission forward for 79 years — and those continuing that legacy around the world today. Thank you for your service.

The threat has changed. Radar must too. For United States Air Force and United States Space Force operators facing increasingly complex threats, every second counts. Detecting threats sooner. Connecting the right information. Making decisions faster. And getting new capabilities into the field sooner. At Air & Space Forces Association Air, Space & Cyber 2026, SAIC demonstrated how relocatable radar, point defense, and connected systems can help give operators more time and better information to respond as threats evolve. Explore how radar modernization is adapting for what comes next: https://lnkd.in/eqNBQ8Hx

When a biometric system fails in the field, the operator doesn't get a second chance. A false match or a missed detection can stop a mission in its tracks.✅ Vendor testing often uses the same data that trained the system — which hides the gaps that show up in the field. SAIC tests AI-enabled biometrics with sequestered data, under real-world conditions, before deployment. That means deployment cycles drop from years to months, and operators get systems they can trust when it matters. See how independent testing shortens the path from lab to mission: https://lnkd.in/eQXH8pim

The people who protect this country deserve to be remembered. The SAIC team joined the Travis Manion Foundation 9/11 Heroes Run at Toyota Field — running, walking, and volunteering alongside veterans, first responders, families, and neighbors to honor those who gave everything on September 11, 2001, and the service members who stepped up to serve in the wars that followed. For our Huntsville team, being part of this community means more than working there. It means serving there and showing up where it matters. #NeverForget

Fixed radar sites can’t be rebuilt every time the threat changes. Existing systems need to keep pace without full replacement or taking critical capability offline. SAIC is helping modernize radar software to extend the value of systems already in place while maintaining the readiness operators depend on. Legacy radar becomes a foundation for what’s next, not a limitation. See how software modernization extends radar capability without full replacement: https://lnkd.in/eqNBQ8Hx

For more than a decade, Dan Dwyer trained for a war he'd never fought. He entered the US Army during the Cold War and practiced almost every day. On September 11, 2001, what he’d spent his career preparing others for suddenly wasn’t theoretical anymore. A newly promoted Army major, Dan was in the woods of Louisiana, serving as a trainer for a cavalry troop from the 10th Mountain Division. They were in the field when the first plane hit the World Trade Center. "The line between training for war and preparing to go to war suddenly became very real," Dan said. The soldiers he had spent years training went on to lead patrols and protect one another in the wars that followed. That itself is what Dan takes from 9/11 — preparation matters enormously, and preparation alone is never enough. We honor the lives lost, the families and communities who carry their memory, the first responders who ran toward the danger, and the service members who answered the call — people like Dan, who spent a career preparing for a moment he never expected to come. Dan carries that into his work at SAIC, directing programs tied to missile defense and the systems that protect the warfighter. The uniform came off; the sense of purpose did not. #NeverForget

For Arthur Dent, September 11 didn't create the instinct to take care of his people. It made it a calling he has carried for 25 years. A US Navy chief warrant officer, he was on leave in Orlando when the news reached him — secondhand, disbelieving. A plane. Another tower. The Pentagon. A field in Pennsylvania. "We're under attack," he thought. The resolve had two faces. Outward, toward the mission. Inward, toward the people who served under him. "You cannot be an effective team if one of your team members is not being taken care of." "It gets ingrained in you," he said. "You either are that type of leader or you are not." We hold close the lives lost, the families and communities who carry their memory, the first responders who ran toward the danger, and the generation of service members who answered the call — people like Art, who spent the next 25 years making sure his own were taken care of. These days Art mentors fellow SAIC employees, the same way he developed sailors. #NeverForget 

On September 11, 2001, Lewis "Lew" Carlisle, PMP was given about an hour's notice that he would brief the commander in chief. A newly minted Air Force major, he was among the officers gathered in a command center in Omaha when the president arrived. Lew had one slide. Almost no solid information. His picture was built from cable news, because that was the information available. The guidance was simple: Tell them what you know. Tell them what you don't know. Then tell them what you think. Lew briefed the president, worked the long shift, and drove home to his wife and two kids. With the doors closed, the family had a good cry. His takeaway: Be prepared. Not fearful — prepared. You can't be ready for everything, but you can be ready for more than you think. We remember the lives lost that day, the families and communities who carry their memory, the first responders who ran toward the danger, and the service members who stepped up in the hours and years that followed — people like Lew, who did what was asked of him when the moment came. Lew is a current SAIC employee. We're honored to have him on the team. #NeverForget 

Hypersonic weapons compress warning timelines to minutes. Adversaries have mapped every fixed radar site in the inventory. The threat has changed. The architecture hasn't. Modernizing ground-based radar is a strategic necessity, not a performance upgrade. See why modernization can't wait: https://lnkd.in/eqNBQ8Hx

As agencies push AI to sensors, autonomous systems, and edge devices, the security of the model depends on the quality of the data behind it. Get the data wrong and the model inherits the flaw. That's a problem traditional cyber defenses don't address. SAIC's Jay Meil, PDS breaks down what agencies should consider to secure and scale AI. Read the full ExecutiveBiz interview: https://lnkd.in/eVv-swQX