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Truckee Tahoe Airport Selects SRA for Flight Tracking and Noise Monitoring

Posted on: Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 08:00 CDT

FAIRFAX, Va., July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SRA International, Inc. (NYSE: SRX), a leading provider of technology and strategic consulting services and solutions to government organizations and commercial clients, today announced that it has been selected by the Truckee Tahoe Airport to deploy an MSS multilateration surveillance system, along with AirScene.com(R) Aircraft Flight Track Monitoring System software, both developed by its subsidiary, Era Systems Corporation. The system will be used to track aircraft departing and arriving at the Truckee Tahoe Airport.

The airport, located at North Lake Tahoe, a mountainous region in northern California, serves a large number of general aviation aircraft. While many of the common steps for noise abatement and mitigation had been completed, the airport was limited in its ability to implement more advanced steps, as it lacked radar coverage and therefore had no flight tracking.

"Our work will help Truckee Tahoe Airport to fulfill their mission of providing high-quality aviation facilities for their users, while simultaneously striving for low impact on their neighbors," said SRA Vice President of Aviation Systems Bill Colligan. "This will be the first time in the U.S. that a multilateration system, installed for commercial non-air traffic control purposes, will utilize an active interrogator to stimulate aircraft transponder responses, and we are very excited to be working with the FAA to make this a reality. Due to the open and scalable network architecture of Era's multilateration system, airports can now easily obtain accurate flight-tracking data, updated every second, to feed their airport operations systems in terrain where radar would have previously been unfeasible or uneconomical."

AirScene.com is an advanced, professionally hosted integrated applications suite for managing airport operations. Airports use AirScene.com to track aircraft, to validate noise abatement procedures, and to effectively respond to community concerns. The common operating picture provided by AirScene.com allows all airport stakeholders to work in a collaborative fashion, thereby increasing the airport's operational efficiency and enhancing safety. Webscene, a module of AirScene.com included in this solution, can provide an online public portal for members of the airport community to view flights and to log and track noise complaints.

"AirScene.com will serve as a tool and information source for airport staff and decision makers - and will be integral to providing a common operating picture when communicating with the community and all other stakeholders," said Dave Gotschall, general manager and CEO of Truckee Tahoe Airport District. "Era has a reputation for providing high-quality flight tracking monitoring and airport operations management systems, we tested their reputation by flight checking one of their existing systems and feel strongly that the benefits that both the airport and community will see from this system will be tremendous."

Acquired by SRA in July 2008, Era Systems Corporation provides surveillance technologies for the air traffic management, airport operations, military and security markets. For more information about Era, visit www.sra.com/era. SRA does not announce sales amounts for individual Era contracts; Era contracts for their airport operations business typically range in value of $500,000 to $2 million.

About SRA International, Inc.

SRA and its subsidiaries are dedicated to solving complex problems of global significance for government organizations serving the national security, civil government and global health markets. Founded in 1978, the company and its subsidiaries have expertise in such areas as air surveillance and air traffic management; contract research organization (CRO) services; cybersecurity; disaster response planning; enterprise resource planning; environmental strategies; IT systems, infrastructure and managed services; logistics; public health preparedness; strategic management consulting; systems engineering; and wireless integration.

FORTUNE(R) magazine has chosen SRA as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" for ten consecutive years. The company and its subsidiaries employ more than 6,800 employees serving clients from headquarters in Fairfax, Va., and offices around the world. For additional information on SRA, please visit www.sra.com.

Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans, and prospects for SRA, including statements about the estimated value of the contract and work to be performed, and other statements containing the words "estimates," "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will," and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent our views as of July 8, 2009. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to July 8, 2009.

SOURCE SRA International, Inc.

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