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SAIC's George Otchere Honored with Washington Business Journal Minority Business Leader Award

Posted on: Wednesday, 1 April 2009, 15:05 CDT

Executive Honored for Valuable Contributions to Minority Business Development

SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced that George Otchere, SAIC senior vice president for corporate development and director of small business development, has been awarded the Washington Business Journal's prestigious Minority Business Leader Award for his valuable contributions to minority business development.

The awards, recognizing the top minority business owners and leaders in the Washington region, will be presented at the second annual Minority Business Leader Awards program April 2 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Otchere oversees SAIC's business development activities with small businesses, including efforts with minority- and women-owned businesses. He also manages SAIC's mentor-protege, veteran-owned business, historically underutilized business zones (HUBZones), and historically black colleges/universities (HBCUs) and minority institutions (MIs) programs.

Otchere led the development of a no-cost training program for both HBCU/MIs and new minority-owned small businesses to increase minority participation in government contracting. SAIC also instituted a scholarship and internship program for HBCU/MI students aimed at increasing the number of minority engineers in science and engineering fields.

Under Otchere's leadership, SAIC has won numerous mentor-protege awards for excellence in mentoring small businesses from the Department of Defense, Department of Energy and NASA.

"At SAIC, working with small businesses is more than a commitment or strategy. It's good business and is supported at the highest levels of management," said Otchere. "Together, we tap the strength of diversity. Our employees and the staff of our small business team members share vast technical expertise and work closely to help solve complex problems facing our customers."

In government fiscal year 2008, SAIC awarded subcontracts to small businesses in excess of $1.6 billion, approximately $350 million went to minority businesses with an additional $348 million to women-owned firms.

About SAIC

SAIC is a FORTUNE 500(R) 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. 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(R)

Statements in this announcement, other than historical data and information, constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements, or industry results to be very different from the results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in SAIC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2009, and other such filings that SAIC makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.

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

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