ANT Anteon Intl Corp

Anteon International Corporation (NYSE:ANT), a leading information technology systems integration and engineering services company, today announced that it has received a $26.5 million indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract award from the U.S. Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego, CA (SSC San Diego). Under this five-year contract, Anteon will provide surveillance systems engineering, software development, and test and evaluation support to the Joint and National Systems Division of the SSC San Diego. "SSC San Diego provides mission-critical IT resources essential to the U.S. warfighter - an evolving, complex mission in a global environment characterized by increasingly challenging security threats," stated Dan Johnson, Anteon chief operating officer. "This award and our support of the SSC San Diego mission, delivering advanced surveillance system capabilities, is a testament to Anteon's ability to meet the evolving requirements of our Navy customers." Anteon provides Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Systems Development support for the Joint & National Systems Division delivering cost-effective solutions to SSC San Diego. For this contract, Anteon will provide systems engineering, prototype, and logistics support, as well as software system engineering, design, development, and configuration management. In addition, Anteon will supply SSC San Diego with test and evaluation support for the development of surveillance systems. SSC San Diego provides the U.S. Navy with research, development, test and evaluation, engineering, and fleet support for command, control, and communication systems and ocean surveillance. SSC San Diego provides information resources to support the joint warfighter in mission execution and force protection. About Anteon Anteon, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, is a leading information technology company serving the U.S. Federal government and international customers. Anteon designs, integrates, maintains, and upgrades state-of-the-art systems for national defense, intelligence, homeland security, and other high priority government missions. Anteon provides numerous government clients with the systems integration, strategy and program management, systems engineering, operations services, and simulation and training skills necessary to manage the development and operations of their mission critical systems. The Company was founded in 1976 and currently employs over 9,300 employees in more than 100 offices worldwide. Anteon consistently ranks among the top information technology integrators based on independent surveys, and has been named to the Forbes List of the 400 Best Big Companies in 2005, earning distinction on the Forbes Platinum List. Anteon is listed on the Standards & Poor's MidCap 400 Index. For more information, visit www.anteon.com. Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements contained in this release which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in, or implied by, forward-looking statements. The Company has tried, whenever possible, to identify these forward-looking statements using words such as "projects," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "plans," "intends," and similar expressions. Similarly, statements herein that describe the Company's business strategy, outlook, objectives, plans, intentions or goals are also forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties involving forward- looking statements include the Company's dependence on continued funding of U.S. government programs, government contract procurement and termination risks, including risks associated with bid protests, and other risks described in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. These statements reflect the Company's current beliefs and are based upon information currently available to it. Be advised that developments subsequent to this release are likely to cause these statements to become outdated with the passage of time. The Company does not currently intend, however, to update the guidance provided today prior to its next earnings release.