SAIC Executive Elected Chairman of NATO Industrial Advisory Group

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Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:05am EDT

Robert Bell to Lead Panel Reporting to NATO's Conference of National Armaments
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MCLEAN, Va. and SAN DIEGO, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At its Fall
Plenary Conference in Rome, the NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG) today
elected Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Senior Vice
President Robert G. Bell as its Chairman for 2010-2011.

Bell will be the first U.S. executive to chair the NIAG since 1998. He
succeeds Dr. Raffaele Esposito (Italy) of Finmeccanica's Selex Communications
company.

The NIAG, first established in 1968, is a high-level consultative and advisory
body of senior industrialists from NATO member countries reporting directly to
NATO's Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD). Its responsibilities
include providing a forum for the free exchange of views on industrial,
technical, economic and managerial aspects of defense research and development
and procurement; providing the CNAD with industry advice on how to better
foster government-to-industry and industry-to-industry cooperation concerning
defense equipment and services; and assisting NATO's Main Armaments Groups in
exploring opportunities for international collaboration.

Based with SAIC in Brussels, Belgium for the past five years, Bell serves as
SAIC Account Manager for NATO and the U.S. European Command, and as Chairman
of SAIC's European Executive Committee.  Prior to joining SAIC, Bell worked at
NATO Headquarters as Assistant Secretary General for Defense Investment from
1999-2003 and at the White House as the National Security Council Senior
Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control from 1993-1999.  His career also
includes eighteen years working in staff positions on Capitol Hill and ten
years on active duty in the U.S. Air Force.  Bell is a graduate of the U.S.
Air Force Academy (BS) and the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy (MA).

"I am very pleased that Bob has been elected as chairman of NATO's Industrial
Advisory Group," said Beverly Seay, SAIC senior vice president and business
unit general manager. "It is a testament to the contributions he has made
during his career to furthering NATO's mission and to his capabilities as an
effective leader and collaborator. We look forward to supporting him in this
new role."

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
45,000 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 $10.1 billion for its fiscal year
ended January 31, 2009.  For more information, visit www.saic.com.  SAIC: 
From Science to Solutions®

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    Contact: Melissa Koskovich               Laura Luke
             (703) 676-6762                  (703) 676-6533
             Melissa.l.koskovich@saic.com    laura.luke@saic.com




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