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SAIC Selected to Support the U.S. Military Theater Medical Information Program-Joint

Friday, October 5, 2007 General News
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SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 26 ScienceApplications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) announced today that it haswon a new $38 million task order from the U.S. military to support the TheaterMedical Information Program -- Joint (TMIP-J).
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The single-award, cost-plus-fixed-fee task order has a one-year baseperiod of performance and three one-year options. The task order was awardedunder the Defense Medical Information Systems/Systems Integration, DesignDevelopment, Operations and Maintenance Services (D/SIDDOMS 3) contract.
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"We are pleased to support TMIP-J and helping to ensure that our troops atdeployed locations receive the best possible medical care," said Bob McCord,senior vice president and business unit general manager. "We will bring ourbest capabilities to bear on this important contract to ensure customersatisfaction for this critical mission."

As part of the Military Health System, TMIP-J provides medical informationmanagement technology to support the medical business practice in a deployedenvironment. TMIP-J supports complete clinical care documentation, patientmovement visibility, health surveillance, and medical supply and equipmenttracking in an austere communications environment. The SAIC-led team willmanage, control and track all developer activities necessary for integration.

TMIP-J is currently being used by U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and AirForce personnel in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan.

SAIC is a leading provider of scientific, engineering, systems integrationand technical services and solutions to all branches of the U.S. military,agencies of the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S.Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. Government civil agencies, aswell as to customers in selected commercial markets. With more than 44,000employees in over 150 cities worldwide, SAIC engineers and scientists solvecomplex technical challenges requiring innovative solutions for customers'mission-critical functions. SAIC had annual revenues of $8.3 billion for itsfiscal year ended January 31, 2007.

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Statements in this announcement other than historical data and informationconstitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Anumber of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements orindustry results to be very different from the results, performance orachievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some ofthese factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth inSAIC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2007, andsuch other filings that SAIC makes with the SEC from time to time. Due tosuch uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place unduereliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the datehereof.

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