SAIC Awarded $62 Million Task Order By SPAWAR

MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) awarded Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAIC) a task order to provide architecture and systems engineering support services to the Office of the Chief Engineer (CHENG) (SPAWAR 5.0), the Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I), the Fleet Readiness Directorate (FRD) and many additional C4ISR programs and offices.

The single-award, cost-plus-fixed-fee task order has a one-year base period of performance, two one-year options, and a total contract value of approximately $62 million if all options are exercised. The task order was awarded under the SeaPort-e contracting vehicle, and most of this work will be performed in San Diego, California. Work will also be performed in Charleston, South Carolina; Norfolk, Virginia; and Washington D.C.

Under the task order, SAIC will provide systems architecture, mission engineering analysis, interoperability assessments, systems engineering, configuration management, and technical management services to SPAWAR. This includes engineering support for: verification, validation, and certification; systems engineering; software and network engineering; cost engineering and economic analysis; reliability and systems safety assurance engineering and analysis; integration and inteoperability; and future capabilities and engineering support for various C4ISR programs/projects.

The CHENG SPAWAR 5.0 sets engineering standards, processes, and policies and ensures availability of skilled engineering personnel with the knowledge, technical skills, and abilities to execute SPAWAR programs and projects and support full-spectrum life cycle C4ISR capabilities. Supported by SPAWAR and industry partners, PEO C4I acquires, fields and supports C4I systems that extend across Navy, joint and coalition platforms, including managing acquisition programs and projects across all C4I disciplines. Based in San Diego, SPAWAR's FRD installs, supports and modernizes the Navy's C4I hardware and systems.

"For more than 10 years, SAIC has provided services that have helped SPAWAR 5.0 become a leader in information dominance and the technical authority for the Navy," said Tom Watson, SAIC senior vice president and general manager of the Navy and Marine Corps Customer Group. "This follow-on task order allows us to continue to support the vision and mission of SPAWAR 5.0, particularly with key initiatives such as cyber security and cloud technology."

About SAIC

SAIC is a leading technology integrator providing full life-cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC's deep domain knowledge and customer relationships enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex government and commercial projects. SAIC's approximately 13,000 employees serve customers in the U.S. federal government, state/local, and global commercial markets, specializing in providing a broad range of higher-end, differentiated technical capabilities. Headquartered in McLean, Va., SAIC has annual revenues of about $4 billion. For more information, visit http://www.saic.com/.  

Certain statements in this announcement constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve risks and uncertainties and 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 or Form 10-K 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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