TEAMSAIC Selected For NATO Active Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Engineering And Integration Support Contract

Sep 18, 2006 - (SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, VA) - Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today TEAMSAIC was selected to negotiate a firm fixed-price contract to support the integration of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Active Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (ALTBMD). The contract will establish a six-year period of performance with an estimated value of $95 million. Most of the work will be performed in the Netherlands.

NATO is working to tie existing and planned national weapon systems, sensors, battle management, command, control and communications into an integrated defense for the protection of alliance military forces and critical assets. The SAIC-led multinational team will assist in this effort by developing and verifying proposed ALTBMD architectures using an integration test bed that it will design and operate under the contract.

“We are pleased to bring the combined capabilities of our transatlantic team to provide an integrated systems solution for effective alliance defense,” said Beverly Seay, SAIC senior vice president and general manager of the Strategies, Simulation and Training Business Unit. “Through the application of advanced architectures, modeling, simulation, and extensive prototyping, TEAMSAIC will help the ALTBMD Program Office utilize NATO’s existing capability to create an effective and efficient air and missile defense system. We look forward to collaborating with our customer on this important program.”

George Singley, president of SAIC’s Engineering, Training and Logistics Group said, “This is an important win for SAIC and our teammates. We all share a strategic commitment to the success of NATO’s ALTBMD program and to helping our customers attack their most difficult challenges.”

The members of TEAMSAIC are drawn from six NATO nations including France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Team members include: Datamat SpA, Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG, European Aerodynamic Defence Systems (EADS) - Space, Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG), QinetiQ, the Raytheon Company, Thales, ThalesRaytheonSystems, and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO).

Additional Information:

Visit SAIC’s National Security 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.

Business Contacts:
Use our Contact Form or call 1-800-430-7629.

Contact Information

Ron Zollars

Press/Public Relations Contact

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

Contact via E-mail