SAIC Awarded $17 Million Task Order By Space And Naval Warfare System Center - Atlantic
Company to Provide Improvised Explosive Device-Defeat Training Services
SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., Dec 22, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a task order by the Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) System Center - Atlantic, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence Division to provide improvised explosive device-defeat (IED-D) training services. The task order is for one year with a total value of more than $17 million. Work will be performed by SAIC's wholly-owned subsidiary Eagan, McAllister Associates, Inc. (EMA). The task order was awarded under the Seaport-e contract.
Under the task order, SAIC will provide training support services to the Marine Corps Engineer Center of Excellence's Mobile Training Cadre/Train The Trainer Program. The program instructs forces on the tenets of IED-D and counter-IED radio controlled electronic warfare, equipping them with individual and collective skills to help mitigate the IED threat.
"We look forward to supporting the Marine Corps' effort to provide warfighters with IED-D tactics, techniques and procedures to help in the battle against the IED threat," said Debbie James, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager.
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SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health. The company's approximately 45,000 employees serve customers in the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other U.S. Government civil agencies and selected commercial markets. SAIC had annual revenues of $8.9 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2008. For more information, visit www.saic.com.
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Contact: Melissa Koskovich
(703) 676-6533
Melissa.l.koskovich@saic.com
Laura Luke
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laura.luke@saic.com
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