ACS Wins $7.2 Million Integration Award From U.S. Navy; To Deliver 18 Common Data Link Management Systems To SPAWAR.

FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1999--Advanced Communication Systems Inc. (ACS) (Nasdaq:ACSC) announced today that its Systems Integration unit in San Diego has been awarded a $7.2 million contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR).

The award is to provide the procurement, integration and testing of 18 Common Data Link Management Systems (CDLMS) for SPAWAR, PMW 159. The CDLMS is a multiple unit ship-based configuration, which provides interfacing and data correlation between various shipboard and airborne data links for advanced combat systems.

The work will be performed in San Diego and is expected to be completed by October, 1999. Kevin Adams, president of the Systems Integration Unit, commented, "This award solidifies our integration base and shows the customers' confidence in our ability to continue to provide quality integrated systems at a good value."

The company's Systems Integration Unit was established in 1995, as a special business unit, to concentrate on providing effective total communication solutions using commercial off-the-shelf ("COTS") hardware and software products.

Advanced Communication Systems provides communication, information systems and applied technology services and solutions, predominantly to U.S. government agencies as well as commercial and international customers. The company, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, has a dedicated workforce of 1,900 employees in its 52 locations in the United States and one in the United Kingdom. More than 400 employees are based in the San Diego area.

Note: Except for statements of historical facts, this news release contains forward-looking statements about the company. Such statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties including risks associated with acquisition strategy, government contract procurement and termination risks, management of growth, and other risks noted in the company's SEC filing, which may cause actual results to differ materially.