AMERICAN SYSTEMS Makes Key Addition to Strategic Business Area Leadership Team.

Appointment Demonstrates Company's Commitment to Providing Customers with Top-Notch Acquisition and Logistics Services

CHANTILLY, Va. -- AMERICAN SYSTEMS, an employee-owned government IT solutions provider, today announced the appointment of J. R. "Rick" Hundley to the position of vice president, Acquisition and Logistics Strategic Business Area (SBA). Hundley joins a solid team of SBA leaders that will strengthen and broaden AMERICAN SYSTEMS service offerings in their respective SBAs.

"AMERICAN SYSTEMS is dedicated to providing our customers with the highest level of professional and engineering services for the successful and timely acquisition of affordable, logistically supportable equipment for the mission-critical scenarios they support," said William C. Hoover, president and CEO, AMERICAN SYSTEMS. "Hundley's understanding of the acquisition process and integrated logistics will ensure AMERICAN SYSTEMS can develop and deploy innovative solutions that help clients eliminate delays, cost overruns and performance issues."

Before joining AMERICAN SYSTEMS, Hundley was president and chief operating officer of SAFRAN USA, Inc., a subsidiary of The SAFRAN Group, an industry-leading international high-technology company. In this position, he transformed an administrative group into a fully operational U.S. holding company for 36 subsidiaries in the United States and Mexico.

Prior to SAFRAN, Hundley held several senior positions, including vice president of sales and marketing for a division of Lockheed Martin Corporation, chief executive officer and chief operating officer for General Dynamics Product Support and Services Company (PSSC) and vice president of international sales and marketing for General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS). He also served as chief operating officer at NISCO where he led the company through a rapid growth phase.

Hundley is a graduate of Lindenwood University from which he earned a bachelor of science in management and a master of business administration in finance.

About AMERICAN SYSTEMS

Founded in 1975, AMERICAN SYSTEMS is one of the largest employee-owned companies in the United States, generating 2006 revenues of approximately $231 million. Based in the Washington, DC, suburb of Chantilly, VA, the company provides systems engineering, technical and outsourcing services to government and private sector customers. With approximately 1,500 employees in 22 office locations and more than 125 field sites, AMERICAN SYSTEMS is known for anticipating and responding rapidly to our customers' present and future needs.