February 24, 2009 (FinancialWire) -- Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAI) said it has been awarded a subcontract by Sensor Technologies Inc. to support the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command by providing operations and user maintenance support to Tactical Biometrics Systems.

SAIC's subcontract has a one-year base period of performance, three one-year options and a total contract value of more than $115 million if all options are exercised. The task order was awarded under the CECOM Strategic Services Sourcing contract.

TBS is a collection of biometric tools including the Biometrics Automated Toolset - Army, the Biometrics Identification System for Access and Hand-held Interagency Identity Detection Equipment systems. TBS devices collect fingerprints, iris scans, facial photos and biographical information on persons of interest.

The biometric data is then matched against a database, potentially identifying wanted or dangerous persons. Through this subcontract, SAIC will provide operations and user maintenance support to help ensure continued, reliable technical support of TBS systems, peripherals and networks.

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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