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SAIC Awarded $11 Million Contract by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Microsystems Technology Office

--Company to Develop Terahertz Power Amplifier Technology for Military Applications

SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., April 28, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a prime contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) to provide research and development services leading to the delivery of prototype terahertz-frequency, high-power amplifiers. The multiple-award contract has a two year base period of performance, two one-year options and a total value for SAIC of more than $11 million if all options are exercised. Work will be performed in Washington, D.C. and other team member locations.

DARPA's MTO leads research in integrated microsystems to enable revolutionary performance and functionality for future Department of Defense systems. Future military and aerospace applications that operate at terahertz frequencies will need greatly improved terahertz transmitter and receiver technologies to be effective. Achieving the level of circuit technology integration necessary to enable practical terahertz systems will require new methods for integrating devices into compact circuits. Under the contract, SAIC will develop prototype terahertz amplifiers that will help enable follow-on development of new military and dual use systems for imaging, communications, and other applications. In addition, SAIC will provide specialized design and analysis-support services using state-of-the-art simulation and design codes for system components including the electron gun, circuit, and collector.

"SAIC is drawing on its well established capabilities in high-power, high-frequency electronics," said John Fratamico, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager. "To develop the technological innovations required to meet the high performance requirements DARPA has established for this project, we have formed a team of leading industrial, government, and university researchers that will design, fabricate, test, and deliver the terahertz-band amplifiers."

About SAIC

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 U.S. 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 $10.1 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2009. For more information, visit www.saic.com.

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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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2009, and other such 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.

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