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SAIC Awarded $93 Million Task Order by the Software Engineering Directorate under AMRDECScience Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC (News - Alert)) was awarded a $93 million task order by the Software Engineering Directorate (SED) under the Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineer Center (AMRDEC) within the Department of Army. Under the Human Dimension Support Services (HDSS) task order, SAIC will provide human-performance training services to Special Operations Soldiers, federal agencies and civilian employees. "As part of this contract, SAIC will continue to provide soldiers with services that will improve their cognitive, tactical and physical performance in high stress environments," said Jim Scanlon, SAIC senior vice president and general manager of the Army Customer Group. The hybrid (fixed price and labor hour) task order, awarded under the General Services Administration's One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) vehicle, has a one year base period of performance, and four one-year options. Work will be performed nationwide. As part of SAIC's training and simulation offering, the company will provide a holistic solution to improving human performance in support of SED's initiatives across Department of Defense and government agencies, to include software development and scientific research. SAIC provides global risk-and-reliability solutions for high-risk, harsh, and remote environments. Its interdisciplinary teams include experts in engineering, safety, systems engineering, maintenance and reliability, risk management, and more. About SAIC SIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom. About AMRDEC AMRDEC is part of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, which has the mission to develop technology and engineering solutions for America's Soldiers. AMRDEC employs nearly 11,000 civilian scientists, researchers, and engineers. 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 and other such filings that SAIC makes with the SEC (News - Alert) from time to time, which may be viewed or obtained through the Investor Relations section of our web site at www.saic.com. 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. DISTRIBUTION A. Approved for public release. Distribution unlimited.
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