Unified Incident Command and Decision Support (UICDS) System Deployed to the Cloud

MCLEAN, Va., June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) announced today that the Unified Incident Command and Decision Support (UICDS) system has been successfully deployed to the cloud. The deployment, in support of the "UICDS Technology Showcase" during the National Level Exercise for 2011 (NLE 11), demonstrates UICDS applicability and compatibility with cloud-based technologies.  

UICDS is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate, and is being executed under a prime contract with SAIC. The system enables police, fire, emergency medical and management, and other response organizations to use incident management technologies to share information and collaborate to help protect, respond, and recover from natural disasters, and other technological and terrorist incidents.  

"Deploying UICDS to the cloud for the UICDS NLE 11 Technology Showcase demonstrates the flexibility of the system's architecture," said Chip Mahoney, SAIC UICDS project manager. "Cloud deployments can be very helpful to first responders and emergency managers, providing scalability during large scale events such as earthquakes as well as access to UICDS information sharing to those who lack the IT infrastructure but have a need to collaborate with their counterparts." 

During the NLE 11, a catastrophic earthquake impacting the Central United States is simulated.  The UICDS team then used NLE 11 incidents and responses to carry out a parallel technology showcase enabling collaboration across a nationally deployed network, representing a regional UICDS deployment with participation from the Federal Government, technology providers and others.  

"The UICDS NLE 11 Technology Showcase clearly demonstrated that information sharing is all about collaborative content," said Jim Morentz, SAIC UICDS director of outreach.  "The UICDS role is not to prescribe how people view information; rather, UICDS focuses on what data should be shared during an incident."

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 43,000 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 $11.1 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.

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