SAIC Awarded $19 Million Experimental Space Sensor Contract

Company to Deliver Sensor for Geo-Synchronous Satellite

SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science
Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has
received a subcontract from Orbital Sciences to deliver a wide-field-of-view
sensor. The sensor will be integrated onto a geo-synchronous satellite that
Orbital is building for SES AMERICOM. AMERICOM Government Services (AGS) was
awarded a three year, $65 million prime contract with the Air Force to host
the sensor onboard a commercial spacecraft. SAIC's subcontract with Orbital
has a 35 month period of performance and a total contract value of $19
million.
The program is known as the Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload Flight
Demonstration (FD-CHIRP) Program and is a part of SMC's Phoenix Project. The
Program is directed by the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and the Air
Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The primary purpose of the FD-CHIRP
experiment is to test a new type of infrared sensor from geo-synchronous
altitude.
This program is the first Air Force scientific experiment hosted on a
commercial satellite. The Orbital-developed, SES AMERICOM communications
satellite will host an SAIC experimental sensor aboard one of its planned
geostationary-orbiting telecommunications satellites. The spacecraft is
scheduled to launch in 2010.
The Air Force is utilizing this approach for technology risk reduction for
the Third Generation Infrared System (3GIRS). In addition to developing the
sensor, SAIC will develop algorithms and provide analysis services to help
assess the utility of the sensor.
Rob Vasquez, SAIC vice president for DoD Space Operations said, "Our
sensor has already been successfully tested on earth. We are very pleased to
be selected by AGS and Orbital to participate in this groundbreaking
initiative and look forward to testing our sensor from geo-synchronous
altitude."
About SAIC
SAIC is a FORTUNE 500(R) 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 44,000 employees serve customers in the Department of Defense,
the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other
U.S. Government civil agencies and selected commercial markets. SAIC had
annual revenues of $8.9 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2008.
For more information, visit www.saic.com.
SAIC: From Science to Solutions(R)
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, 2008, 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.
Contact: Melissa Koskovich Laura Luke
(703) 676-6762 (703) 676-6533
Melissa.l.koskovich@saic.com laura.luke@saic.com

SOURCE SAIC

Melissa Koskovich, +1-703-676-6762, Melissa.l.koskovich@saic.com, or Laura
Luke, +1-703-676-6533, laura.luke@saic.com, both of SAIC