FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2006--ManTech
International Corporation (Nasdaq:MANT), a leading provider of
innovative technologies and solutions focused on mission-critical
national security programs for the Intelligence Community; the
Departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security, and Justice; the
Space Community; and other U.S. federal government customers announced
today that it has been awarded a contract from the Department of
Defense, Defense Logistics Agency, Logistics Enterprise Support
Program for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Single Point of Entry
(SPOE) Operational Prototype. The competitively awarded contract is
for one year, and has four option years for a total potential value to
ManTech of $13.25 million.
JSF is the next generation strike fighter that will be operated by
U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and eight foreign partners. "The
JSF SPOE program provides maximum security, flexibility, and
horizontal scalability within an open architecture framework," said
Ken Farquhar, President of ManTech Systems Engineering Corporation.
"The provision for real-time virtual information exchange capability
among DOD, agencies, and contractors - will directly support our
warfighters."
ManTech will provide a concept of operations and operational
architecture for an advanced technology-enabled strategy to improve
acquisition and material visibility for the Joint Strike Fighter. This
effort will produce a framework for JSF deployment that will shorten
repair time and lower life cycle costs. ManTech is working on a
related effort for DOD involving the Army H-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
ManTech services will include the application of the Service-Oriented
Enterprise and Product Life Cycle Support international standards -
along with the development of business information objects. SPOE is a
web services capability compliant with the Office of the Secretary of
Defense net centric operations that provides two-way visibility into
air platform material requirements and produces high-state information
interoperability among supply chain participants.
ManTech also supports the JSF program by providing a full
dimension of integrated security support services including physical
and information security, anti-tamper solutions, technology
assessment, certification and accreditation, foreign disclosure and
systems security engineering.
About ManTech International Corporation:
Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ManTech International
Corporation is a leading provider of innovative technologies and
solutions for mission-critical national security programs for the
Intelligence Community; the Departments of Defense, State, Homeland
Security, and Justice; the Space Community; and other U.S. federal
government customers. ManTech's expertise includes systems
engineering, systems integration, technology and software development,
enterprise security architecture, information assurance, intelligence
operations support, network and critical infrastructure protection,
information technology, communications integration and engineering
support. The company supports the advanced telecommunications systems
that are used in Operation Iraqi Freedom and in other parts of the
world; provides the physical and cyber security to protect U.S.
embassies all over the world; has developed a secure, collaborative
communications system for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security;
and builds and maintains secure databases that track terrorists. With
over 6,000 highly qualified employees, the company operates in the
United States and over 44 countries worldwide. In 2005, Red Herring
magazine selected ManTech as one of its Small Cap 100 Companies.
Additional information on ManTech can be found at www.mantech.com.
Forward-Looking Information:
Statements and assumptions made in this press release, which do
not address historical facts, constitute "forward-looking" statements
that ManTech believes to be within the definition in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve risks and
uncertainties, many of which are outside of our control. Such
forward-looking statements are subject to factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from anticipated results. The
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those indicated by such forward-looking statements include but are not
limited to: the failure of the government to award task orders to
ManTech, allot funds to complete performance of the task orders
awarded to ManTech, or exercise contract options; the risk of contract
performance; government contract procurement (such as bid protest) and
termination risks; competitive factors such as pricing pressures
and/or competition to hire and retain employees; and material changes
in laws or regulations applicable to the Company's businesses. For a
discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties, please refer to
the section entitled "Risks Related to the Company's Business" in
ManTech's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 10, 2006, and, from time to time, in
ManTech's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including among others, its reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K. The
forward-looking statements included in this news release are only made
as of the date of this news release and ManTech undertakes no
obligation to publicly update any of the forward-looking statements
made herein, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events
or circumstances, changes in expectations or otherwise.
CONTACT: ManTech International Corporation, Fairfax
Mark Root, 703-218-8397
Cell: 703-407-9393
mark.root@mantech.com
or
Joseph Cormier, 703-218-8258
joe.cormier@mantech.com
SOURCE: ManTech International Corporation
