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Leveraging Era's Domain Expertise to Rapidly Deliver a Mission Critical Surveillance Solution - Contract's Value is over $20M FAIRFAX, Va., April 21 /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 it has been awarded a five year indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) delivery order-based contract by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide a low cost ground surveillance (LCGS) solution for small- to medium-sized airports in the National Airspace System (NAS). This builds on SRA's long standing relationship with the FAA and leverages the company's domain expertise in surveillance technology. The multiple-award contract has a ceiling value of more than $20 million over five years. One of the FAA's top priorities is to reduce the risk of runway incursions in the NAS while maximizing operational efficiency and ensuring airport capacity. The LCGS program is one of several initiatives aimed at reducing the number and severity of incidents at close to 500 U.S. towered airports where current airport surface detection equipment (i.e. ASDE-3 and ASDE-X) is too expensive to deploy. LCGS would provide an added layer of safety by giving air traffic controllers basic ground surveillance for aircraft and vehicles operating on runways and adjacent taxiways. LCGS would also provide a foundational platform for future runway safety applications and systems. "The solution that SRA will deliver to the FAA is derived from a mature commercial off-the-shelf advanced surface movement guidance and control system (COTS A-SMGCS) that is currently operational at large international airports, such as Frankfurt and Munich, which typically rank in the top 20 world airports by number of aircraft movements," said SRA President and CEO Stan Sloane. "We are committed to supporting the FAA's mission of reducing the risk of runway incursions in the U.S. by delivering a highly advanced, yet cost-effective solution for airports in the national airspace system." SRA's LCGS solution, which has an intuitive and configurable ATC computer-human interface (CHI), is easily scalable and adaptable to accommodate varying airport sizes and runway configurations in a range of visibility and weather conditions. SRA's solution provides the FAA and airport authorities with a platform that can cost-effectively expand to meet their future requirements, such as the need to integrate ADS-B information, airfield lighting control systems, traffic information system-broadcast (TIS-B) and multiltateration surveillance technologies. "Deploying an LCGS solution to multiple, unique airports in a timely manner, at an affordable cost and with low risk, requires an experienced systems integration team that can combine proven COTS components to meet the FAA's critical program requirements and has also delivered an operationally proven integrated system at the most complex airports," said Bernard Asare, SRA's director for the Americas region. "SRA has the skills and experience. With the expertise to understand available airport surveillance technologies, we proposed an LCGS solution consisting of HITT's A3000 ATC display and surveillance data fusion system integrated with Terma's SCANTER X-Band surface movement radar (SMR)." For more than 30 years, SRA has provided the U.S. federal government with advanced information technology systems integration and services to solve complex problems of national significance. Era Systems Corporation, a subsidiary of SRA, also brings more than 30 years of experience delivering complex airport systems in diverse environments worldwide. 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 6,900 employees serving clients from headquarters in Fairfax, Va., and offices around the world. For additional information on SRA, please visit http://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 April 21, 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 April 21, 2009. DATASOURCE: SRA International, Inc. CONTACT: Sheila S. Blackwell, Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs, +1-703-227-8345, , or Daniel Finkel, Manager, Sector Communications, +1-703-284-6263, , both of SRA International, Inc. Web Site: http://www.sra.com/

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