PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs Engineering
Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today that it was awarded the U.S.
Government's 2011 Department of Defense Systems Engineering Top 5
Program Award. The award was presented at the 14th Annual NDIA
Systems Engineering Conference held in San Diego from October
24-27, 2011.
Sponsored by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Systems Engineering and the Systems Engineering Division of the
National Defense Industrial Association, the Top 5 award recognizes
excellence in application of Systems Engineering discipline that
results in highly successful Department of Defense programs.
Winners are selected based on the demonstration of successful
implementation of Systems Engineering best practices resulting in
program success, as assessed by their performance.
Jacobs and the Air Force were presented the award in recognition
of their Enterprise Business Systems (EBS) for the Air Force
Research Laboratory. EBS leverages information technology solutions
to increase the transfer of advanced technologies from the
laboratories to the warfighter. The Top 5 award, presented to both
the Government project office and the industry prime contractor,
represents the recognition of significant achievement by teams of
industry and government personnel.
In making the announcement, Jacobs President and CEO
Craig Martin stated, "We are very
pleased to receive this prestigious award recognizing success in
our mission of providing high technology support to our
customers."
Jacobs is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers
of technical, professional, and construction services.
Statements made in this release that are not based on historical
fact are forward-looking statements. We base these forward-looking
statements on management's current estimates and expectations as
well as currently available competitive, financial and economic
data. Forward-looking statements, however, are inherently
uncertain. There are a variety of factors that could cause business
results to differ materially from our forward-looking
statements. For a description of some of the factors which may
occur that could cause actual results to differ from our
forward-looking statements please refer to our 2011 Form 10-K, and
in particular the discussions contained under Items 1 - Business,
1A - Risk Factors, 3 - Legal Proceedings, and 7 - Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking
statements made herein.
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