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U.S. Department of Defense Awards $19.2M Contract to SRA FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SRA International, Inc. (NYSE:SRX), a leading provider of information technology (IT) services and solutions to federal government organizations, announced today that it has been awarded a competitive task order by the Department of Defense (DoD) to provide program management support to the DoD Logistics Automatic Identification Technology Office. The task order, awarded under the Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners 2 Innovations (CIO-SP2i) contract, has an estimated value of $19.2 million over five years if all options are exercised. Since 1998, SRA has assisted DoD in a services-wide logistics initiative to integrate automatic identification technology (AIT) into military logistics processes. AIT includes a suite of technologies used to improve the timeliness and accuracy of source data collection; reduce logistics processing time; and enhance the ability to identify, track, and control deploying forces and sustainment cargo. Bar coding, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tags, Smart Cards, Contact Memory Buttons, and satellite tracking capability devices are some examples of the AIT technologies now employed in providing asset visibility in real time worldwide. Under this new task order, SRA will provide a broad range of program management services to include resolution of logistics AIT standardization issues; identification of emerging AIT technologies, and evaluation of potential utilization and integration of AIT into processes throughout the defense supply chain. As a result of its extensive knowledge and expertise in active and passive RFID technology, SRA will also continue to play a leading role in the planning and implementation of the recently published DoD RFID policy. SRA has been instrumental in supporting the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Supply Chain Integration in the RFID policy development that will help integrate RFID into the DoD supply chain. Use of this technology in the supply chain will facilitate the hands-free input of receipt and acceptance data into DoD logistics information systems and will generate automatic transactions of record. "We are pleased to continue our long-standing relationship with the Defense Logistics Agency," said Charles Perry, SRA Vice President and Director, Defense Business Solutions. "This contract award recognizes our strong capabilities in identifying and implementing a mission-effective and cost-efficient suite of AIT capabilities." About SRA International, Inc. SRA is a leading provider of information technology services and solutions -- including strategic consulting; systems design, development, and integration; and outsourcing and operations management -- to clients in national security, civil government, and health care and public health markets. The Company also delivers business solutions for text and data mining, contingency and disaster response planning, information assurance, environmental strategies, conflict management and dispute resolution, enterprise systems management, and wireless integration. FORTUNE(R) magazine has chosen SRA as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" for five consecutive years. The Company's 3,500 employees serve clients from its headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia, and offices across the country. 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 task order 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 as a result of various important factors, including: our dependence on our contracts with federal government agencies, particularly within the U.S. Department of Defense, for substantially all of our revenue, our dependence on our GSA schedule contracts and our position as a prime contractor on government-wide acquisition contracts to grow our business, and other factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on September 13, 2004. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent our views as of October 18, 2004. 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 October 18, 2004. DATASOURCE: SRA International, Inc. CONTACT: Laura Luke of SRA International, Inc., +1-703-803-1856, or Web site: http://www.sra.com/

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