SAIC Awarded $12 Million Task Order by the Department of Homeland Security

MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a task order by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Exercise Division (NED) to design and support national level exercises to evaluate catastrophic earthquake preparedness. The task order has a five-month base period of performance, a single one-year option, and is valued at more than $12 million if the option is exercised. Work will be performed throughout the United States. The task order was awarded under the DHS National Exercise Program (NEP) contract.

The NED helps prepare the government to respond to incidents resulting from either natural disasters or malicious acts, with the goal of minimizing the loss of lives and property. The division provides strategy, policy, and planning guidance to build prevention, protection, response, and recovery capabilities for all levels of government. These exercises help evaluate emerging needs and identify national-level challenges. Under the contract, SAIC will provide exercise design support, and will help conduct exercises nationally. This work helps fulfill a congressional mandate requiring testing of U.S. capabilities in response to a catastrophic event.

"SAIC is pleased to support the critical catastrophic disaster preparedness mission at FEMA and its NED," said Charles Zang, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager. "We look forward to helping evaluate and enhance our government's capability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a catastrophic earthquake."

About SAIC

SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® 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.  Headquartered in McLean, Va., SAIC had annual revenues of $10.1 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2010.  For more information, visit www.saic.com.  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 SAIC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2010, 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.

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