SAIC Awarded Contract by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) announced today it was awarded a prime contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide construction phase services, value engineering and total building commissioning services in support of the Marshall Space Flight Center, Facilities Management Office.  The follow-on contract has a one-year base period of performance, four one-year options, and a contract value of more than $11 million if all options are exercised.  Work will be performed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. and NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, La.

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center provides the multidiscipline engineering expertise behind propulsion and transportation systems; enables scientific discovery through development of hardware and instruments for projects; develops, integrates, and operates major components and systems on the International Space Station; and supports its operations around the clock.  Under the contract, SAIC will provide construction, value engineering and total building commissioning services, including building construction oversight, facilities operations and maintenance (O&M) oversight of work performed by NASA contractors, value engineering at-large and total building commissioning for new buildings.

"We look forward to working with NASA to assure quality of construction and O&M activities, build value engineering into the process, and perform building commissioning to ensure new buildings perform as designed to save operating costs into the future," said JT Grumski, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager.           

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 & environment, health, and cybersecurity.  The company's approximately 41,000 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 approximately $11 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2011.  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, 2011, 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.

SOURCE SAIC

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