ANT Anteon Intl Corp

Anteon International Corporation (NYSE:ANT), a leading information technology, systems integration and engineering services company, announced today that it was awarded the General Service Administration's (GSA) Circle of Excellence Award for outstanding performance on the Millennia Lite Functional Area 1 (FA 1) contract. For this award, Anteon has been awarded a three-year extension on the period of performance on the current Millennia Lite FA 1 contract, the maximum permitted under this performance based contract. "Anteon has worked very hard over a number years to perfect the management and administration of our GSA GWACs and ID/IQ contracts. Our methodology and process is clearly a Federal Government Industry Best Practice," stated Dan Johnson, Anteon chief operating officer. "We are very pleased to have been selected by GSA for this prestigious award, as it reinforces our outstanding level of performance with regards to quality and customer satisfaction, and also highlights our exceptional decade-long partnership with GSA." Anteon, the only contractor holding all four Millennia Lite Functional Area (FA) contracts, has now received this award twice, the first being awarded for Millennia Lite FA 2, FA 3, and FA 4. To receive the award, a vendor must have a score of excellent both in overall contract administration and in overall client satisfaction. The criteria for the GSA Circle of Excellence Award is based on annual information collected from procuring contract officers and clients regarding contract and task order performance and administration of the Millennia Lite contract. 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 9,500 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 2006, 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.