SAIC Awarded Contract By Naval Medical Logistics Command

MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [NYSE: SAI] today announced it was awarded a prime contract by the Naval Medical Logistics Command to provide operational medicine research modeling support to the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC).  The single-award cost-plus fixed-fee (CPFF) contract has a one-year base period of performance, two one-year options and a total contract value of approximately $13 million.  Work will be performed primarily in San Diego, Calif.

The NHRC performs medical modeling and simulation research for the Department of Defense homeland defense, humanitarian assistance, peace-keeping and disaster relief activities including casualty projection, medical planning factor development, identification of weapons effects both ground and shipboard-based, projection of resource requirements, database development and maintenance, and quality of life outcome studies.  Under the contract, SAIC will provide operational medicine research modeling services including support services for research modeling such as casualty projection in support of operational medicine.  Work includes data analytics and is heavily dependent upon the collection, characterization, analysis, and reporting of data from multiple sources, including both in-house sources such as the CTR Expeditionary Medical Encounter database (CTR EMED) and external sources including the Military health System (MHS), civilian and homeland defense data, tactical data, operational data, and personnel data.

"We are proud to support the Naval Health Research Center and provide analysis of medical and scientific data to help ensure our military personnel are prepared to serve and achieve their mission," said Steve Comber, 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 and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health. The Company's approximately 40,000 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 $10.6 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2012. For more information, visit http://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, 2012, 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

WANT YOUR COMPANY'S NEWS FEATURED ON PRNEWSWIRE.COM?

440k+
Newsrooms &
Influencers

9k+
Digital Media
Outlets

270k+
Journalists
Opted In

GET STARTED