March 23, 2009 (FinancialWire) -- Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAI) said it has been awarded a delivery order by the U.S. Army Evaluation Center with a one year base period of performance four one-year options and a total value of more than $41 million if all options are exercised.

The order calls for the company to provide technical and business process support for planning, development and execution of Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Test Board objectives. It was awarded under the Evaluation Support for the U.S. AEC contract.

Under the contract, SAIC will provide information and analysis used by the government to assist in making decisions concerning counter-IED systems in war zones. SAIC will also provide information to the warfighter about the characteristics and function of deployed systems, and help maximize (through testing) the utility of counter-IED defeat initiatives throughout DoD.

The IED - JTB focuses all Department of Defense actions in support of the combatant commanders and their respective joint task force efforts to defeat IEDs as weapons of strategic influence.

San Diego-based Science Applications International is a scientific, engineering, and technology applications company whose roughly 45,000 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 various commercial markets.

The company posted annual revenues of $8.9 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2008.

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