Revenues: $1.6 billion; 38% revenue growth

Diluted earnings per share: $0.94; Adjusted diluted earnings per share⁽¹⁾: $1.39

Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾ as a % of revenues: 8.3%

Cash flows provided by operating activities: $116 million

Net bookings of $2.2 billion equating to a book to bill of 1.4

RESTON, Va. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — December 5, 2019 — Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAIC^[1]), a leading technology integrator providing high-end solutions in engineering, IT, and mission solutions across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets, today announced results for the third quarter ended November 1, 2019.

“SAIC's third quarter results reflect another quarter of consistent, strong results from an expanded contract portfolio, broadened capabilities and talented employees," said SAIC CEO Nazzic Keene. "Our fully integrated and focused growth strategy is driving our investment decisions and business pursuits as we look to accelerate profitable growth while continuing to deliver value for our customers and shareholders."

Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2020: Summary Operating Results

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Researchers have compiled an enormous global dataset with over four trillion satellite-based measurements of sea surface temperature.

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Researchers have developed a high-resolution GIS dataset of river systems using remotely sensed data and OpenStreetMap data.

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UK Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) approves Dedrone Technology for sUAS detection

LONDON and SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5, 2019 — (PRNewswire) —  Airspace security technology leader Dedrone has been awarded certification from the UK's Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure^[1] (CPNI) for its counter-drone technology platform DroneTracker. DroneTracker detects, tracks, and identifies drones by using multi-sensor capability combining RF, radar, and optical sensors. The new CPNI drone detection standard is the first official validation of counter-drone technology. It enables organisations deemed to be of critical national importance to adopt drone detection technology with the assurance that it has been tested rigorously.

"Any organisation needing drone detection technology should consider platforms evaluated and tested by CPNI," says Amit Samani, Dedrone's regional sales manager for the UK. "Dedrone's DroneTracker platform has successfully met CPNI's rigorous testing standards, and this certification provides further assurances to our customers and partners that our system meets the security needs of the UK's most sensitive infrastructures. We will continue working closely with government sector users, risk-critical sites, and major corporate customers to provide the most robust available airspace security and defence against drones and multiple drones."

Dedrone's multi-sensor system^[2] enables...

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- rideOS^[1], a technology platform designed to accelerate the safe, global rollout of next-generation transportation fleets, today announced the addition of leading mapping and automotive visionaries Brian McClendon and Ralf Lenninger to its advisory board. The industry pioneers join at a time when rideOS is rapidly expanding its presence in the European market. Since it opened an office in Berlin in early 2018, the company has been growing their engineering and business units across Europe. Earlier this year, rideOS launched its Ridehail API Platform^[2], which is gaining traction worldwide.

“I’m both excited and grateful to have these two industry giants join the rideOS advisory board,” said Justin Ho, co-founder and CEO of rideOS. “I know that together we’ll be able to make ridehailing accessible to people worldwide and continue on the path towards creating a safe environment for autonomous vehicles.”

Brian McClendon has built a career as an entrepreneur and technical leader in geographic information systems (GIS). In 2004, his digital mapping startup, Keyhole, was acquired by Google and became the foundation for Google Earth. During a 10-year tenure at Google, he became the vice president of Google...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 5, 2019 — (PRNewswire) —  Flowfinity Wireless Inc. today published a case study outlining how Clark Regional Wastewater District^[1] integrated Flowfinity field data collection apps and Esri ArcGIS mapping software to achieve a digital transformation project with a forecasted ROI of 160%.

Clark Regional Wastewater District (the District), one of the largest sewer service providers in Washington state, collaborated with consultants from FLO Analytics^[2] to digitize their building site inspections workflow and invent new processes that greatly improved fieldwork efficiency and back-office productivity.

Robin Krause, former District Engineer summarized their challenge as "The need to accomplish more with the same number of staff, while doing it more effectively and with greater career satisfaction."

The District considers its digitization project a success as in the first year 373 hours of labor were saved, primarily in data entry and record keeping, leading to a 60% project cost recovery and they project a 160% ROI within 5 years.

With their previous processes, contractors would request site inspections via telephone or email on an ad-hoc basis. The process was dependent on paper forms and District employees found that around 20% of the...

VIENNA/TOKYO, 4 December (UN Information Service) – The team from Universidad del Valle de Guatemala have completed the development of their first satellite under the KiboCUBE programme run by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The winners of the second round of the programme handed over the cube satellite (cubesat) to JAXA on 3 December 2019 to be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) in Spring 2020.

KiboCUBE offers institutions from developing countries the opportunity to deploy cubesats from the Japanese Kibo module of the ISS. In 2018, the programme led to the successful deployment of Kenya’s first ever satellite. Now Guatemala is set to follow Kenya’s footsteps, joining the community of space-faring nations.

The Guatemalan satellite, called Quetzal-1, will be used for multispectral remote sensing. This can lead to the acquisition of data for a variety of peaceful and natural resource management purposes. The sustainable management of natural resources and the preservation of ecosystems and biodiversity are essential for fighting climate change and achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The KiboCUBE initiative was launched by UNOOSA and JAXA in 2015. It has since been opening doors for...

GfK’s new CRESTA zones provide a worldwide cartographic standard for the aggregation and exchange of risk insights

Bruchsal, Germany, December 4, 2019 – GfK has released new 2019 CRESTA zones that give insurers, reinsurers, modelers, regulators and other industry professionals a common standard for analyzing, aggregating and exchanging risk-related insights. Available for 137 countries, the 2019 zones also feature a new coverage level for New Zealand, offering support for risk analysis and information sharing in this important market.

CRESTA zones are a response to the need for a common geographic standard for analyzing, aggregating and communicating risk insights. Users of the zones link their data to uniformly defined regional entitites, which are a prerequisite for carrying out meaningful comparisons of aggregated values. The new zones are available for 137 countries and reflect the many changes to the underlying administrative and postcode boundaries that have occurred since the last CRESTA update in 2013. The 2019 zones also now offer a new level of coverage for New Zealand. Improved assignment tables make it possible to compare CRESTA zone vintages with the latest postcode and administrative boundaries using an area share allocation feature.

The new CRESTA boundaries consist of 4,801 low-resolution zones and 242,172 high-resolution zones. The two resolutions provide support for a wide spectrum of insurance applications, from modeling risk...

SAN FRANCISCO and HYDERABAD, December 4, 2019 — Capella Space^[1], an information services company providing Earth observation data on demand, today announced Remote Sensing Instruments (RSI)^[2] will be the marketing partner of Capella Space products in India and will provide global access to other markets outside of India. The multi-million dollar partnership gives businesses in the region access to Capella’s on-demand, very high-resolution (VHR) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. 

“India is one of the most advanced users of satellite remote sensing technology for use in disaster management, urban development, natural resources, environmental monitoring, and national security,” said Kumar VR Buragadda, CEO of RSI. “Currently, commercial and government customers don’t have access to on-demand SAR data, which is invaluable for a range of applications — especially disaster management. After evaluating all the SAR providers, we chose to work with Capella Space due to its unrivaled technology, near real-time data delivery, highest resolution of SAR imagery commercially available and its commitment to customer service. Capella stands apart by addressing the needs of commercial and government customers in India.”

Capella will start commercial operations in 2020 with the launch of its first commercial SAR satellite named Sequoia in Q1 and six more scheduled to launch in the second half of 2020. Capella will complete its 36...