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SAIC Awarded Military Sealift Command IT Contract q

(MCLEAN, VA) 08/17/06 -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today it was awarded a contract by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) to provide ashore information technology (IT) and operations support services, including project management, systems integration, systems engineering, ashore operations and global helpdesk operations. These technology services SAIC provides at numerous MSC offices help ensure the operational availability of IT systems worldwide.

The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a base period of one year with an estimated value of $11.9 million. The contract contains three one-year option periods and eight three-month award term periods, which if exercised, would bring the total value of the award to $75 million.

“Military readiness and rapid response is critical to missions in areas such as Iraq and Afghanistan,” said Richard Mackey, SAIC vice president and MSC program manager in the Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology (C4IT) Business Unit. “SAIC is dedicated to sustaining MSC's IT capabilities as it moves to meet the ever-increasing demands placed upon it by high operational tempos.”

MSC, which operates more than 110 ships worldwide, plays a critical role in providing proactive support to military forces during wartime operations, for U.S. and worldwide humanitarian efforts, and for delivering rapid response to current and new geopolitical situations throughout the globe. MSC carries equipment, fuel, supplies and ammunition used to sustain U.S. forces in warzones for as long as operational requirements dictate, as well as worldwide during peacetime contingencies. More than 82 percent of all such equipment and supplies is moved by sea.

“SAIC and our team remain 100 percent committed to the MSC mission and to continue enabling the MSC IT vision as we move forward into this new contract, ” said Deborah James, SAIC senior vice president and general manager of the C4IT Business Unit. “The SAIC team demonstrated high performance and results in its past work with MSC, and intends to sustain this level of excellence in support of MSC and the warfighter.”

The Military Sealift Command is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has field commands in Norfolk, Va.; San Diego, Calif.; Naples, Italy; Manama, Bahrain; and Yokohama, Japan. SAIC will manage the contract from its offices in Washington D.C.

In addition to several other industry associates that are part of the team, the C4IT Business Unit has teamed with five other SAIC business units including AMSEC. This combination will help bring leading-edge technological solutions to bear to maintain MSC's worldwide IT network.

Additional Information:

Visit SAIC's Information Technology section to learn more about our capabilities in this area.

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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