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SAIC to Provide Measurement and Signature Intelligence for Air Combat Command

SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) announced today it won a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) within the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (AF DCGS) for Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base, Va.

The single award, firm-fixed-price contract has a five-year period of performance and a total value of $26.9 million. The SAIC-led team consists of Spectrum Comm Inc., SRA International Inc. and MacAulay-Brown, Inc.

Throughout the contract, the team will operate integrated MASINT capabilities within AF DCGS, provide overall program management, train operators, and advise Air Force leadership on appropriate technical solutions at various locations around the world.

"This is a great win for SAIC and our teammates. We have supported DoD and the national intelligence community with DCGS and MASINT expertise for many years," said John Thomas, SAIC senior vice president and general manager of the Operations Intelligence and Security Business Unit. "We are delighted to help integrate these two capabilities for the Air Force, and we look forward to providing AF DCGS with a new source of crucial intelligence that will help enhance their overall warfighting capability."

SAIC is a leading provider of scientific, engineering, systems integration and technical services and solutions to all branches of the U.S. military, agencies of the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. Government civil agencies, as well as to customers in selected commercial markets. With more than 44,000 employees in over 150 cities worldwide, SAIC engineers and scientists solve complex technical challenges requiring innovative solutions for customers' mission-critical functions. SAIC had annual revenues of $7.8 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2006.

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Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in SAIC's final prospectus relating to its initial public offering, and such other filings that SAIC makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.

SOURCE SAIC
02/13/2007
CONTACT: Ron Zollars, San Diego, +1-858-826-7896, zollarsr@saic.com, or
Melissa Koskovich, McLean, +1-703-676-6762, koskovichm@saic.com, both of SAIC



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