SAIC Continues its Support to U.S. Navy's Marine Mammal Systems

MCLEAN, Va., March 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Pacific awarded Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) a prime task order to continue to provide training and care for marine mammals participating in the Navy's Marine Mammal Systems (MMS)  based at naval submarine bases in Kings Bay, Georgia; San Diego, California; and Bangor, Washington. This follow-on task order has a one-year base period of performance, four one-year options, and a total contract value of approximately $59 million, if all options are exercised.

The U.S. Navy's MMS rely on dolphins and sea lions to find and mark the location of underwater objects. Under the task order, held for more than 25 years, SAIC provides the necessary personnel, training and continuous education curriculums, and administrative support required to provide support for the care and training to the animals and to operate/maintain MMS. his includes all necessary material and travel required to support the MMS throughout the United States and globally.

"We are proud to continue our long-term support to SSC-Pacific on MMS. These systems are critical components of the Navy's surveillance and reconnaissance and force protection missions," said Tom Watson, senior vice president and general manager of the Navy and Marine Corps Customer Group. "We, along with the Navy, are committed to ensuring that the Navy's animals are well cared for and properly trained for the mission to help keep those at sea safe from harm."

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, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of about $4 billion. For more information, visit http://www.saic.com/.  For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.

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 on 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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