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SAIC Opens Quantico Facility to Support Marine Corps Customer

(MCLEAN, VA) 05/16/06 -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) recently announced the opening of a new facility in Dumfries, Va., outside the Marine Corps Base, Quantico. The 17,000 square-foot facility, which includes large conference rooms and laboratories, will support SAIC's Marine Corps customers in the area.

In celebration of the opening, Tom Baybrook, SAIC senior vice president and general manager of the Naval and Maritime Solutions Business Unit, led a ribbon-cutting ceremony and reception on the morning of May 15, 2006. Chairman Sean Connaughton represented the Prince William County Board of Supervisors at the event. "This facility is evidence of our long-term commitment to the United States Marine Corps and its commands located in Northern Virginia," said Baybrook.

Operations at the new facility will include technical support services for the company's growing customer base at Quantico, which includes Marine Corps System Command, Marine Corps Combat Development Command and the Office of Naval Research. Employees at the new site will also support the Marine Recruiting Command (MRC) Training and Education Command, Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, the Marine Corps Military Working Dogs Program and Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity.

SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, with more than 43,000 employees in over 150 cities worldwide. For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2006, the company reported annual revenues of $7.8 billion. SAIC engineers and scientists solve complex technical problems in national security, homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care, and logistics. SAIC: FROM SCIENCE TO SOLUTIONS™

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 the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2006, and such other filings that the Company 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.

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Ron Zollars - San Diego, CA
858-826-7896
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Alison Williams - McLean, VA
703-676-6762
williamsae@saic.com