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SAIC Awarded Contract By U.S. Joint Forces Command

--Company to Provide Research, Development, Engineering and Technical Services to the Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Directorate (J9)

SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., June 16, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a contract by The U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) to provide research, development, engineering and technical services to the Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Directorate (J-9). The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract has a five year period of performance. For SAIC, the contract ceiling value is $284 million. Work will be performed primarily in Suffolk, Va.

USJFCOM J-9 coordinates U.S. Department of Defense efforts to explore how the future military can successfully operate in complex, ever-changing and uncertain environments. J-9 runs exercises, undertakes technology development, and works with the military to develop enhanced concepts of operations. Under the contract, SAIC will provide research and development, and engineering and technical services as required. SAIC will also conduct studies and simulation, and provide concept definition, research, analysis and technological assessments.

"We look forward to expanding our current support for the USJFCOM J9 as they meet the challenges facing our warfighters," said Bev Seay, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager.

About SAIC

SAIC is a FORTUNE 500(R) 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.

SAIC: From Science to Solutions(R)

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.

    Contact: Melissa Koskovich                Laura Luke
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