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Anteon Awarded Contract to Support Urban Warfare Training Program.


FAIRFAX, Va. -- Anteon International Corporation (NYSE NYSE

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 (NYSE:LMT LMT left mentotransverse (position of fetus). ) to support the development of a Combat Training Center-Objective Instrumentation System (CIC-OIS) at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA. The value of this three-year contract, if the deployment option is exercised, could exceed $10M. E[acute accent acute accent
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]The National Training Center at Fort Irwin, is one of four U.S. Army Combat Training Centers. Most of the U.S. Army units deploying to Southwest Asia Southwest Asia or Southwestern Asia (largely overlapping with the Middle East) is the southwestern portion of Asia. The term Western Asia is sometimes used in writings about the archeology and the late prehistory of the region, and in the United States subregion , train at one of the Combat Training Centers prior to their deployment. Under this contract, the Anteon team will develop the video system to capture, record, edit and review video of soldiers training in urban warfare Urban warfare is a modern warfare conducted in urban areas such as towns and cities. As a distinction, warfare conducted in population centers before the 20th century is generally considered siege warfare.  operations. Captured video will be used in after action reviews for soldiers in training, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses during training events. Lockheed Martin, as lead systems integrator for the CTC-OIS program, is responsible for overall integration of the system. E[acute accent]Dan Johnson Dan Johnson may refer to:
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, Anteon Executive Vice President and COO stated, "Range instrumentation training continues to grow in importance as a means to provide rapid, realistic and cost effective training to the U.S. warfighter. Anteon supported development of the Army's first instrumented urban warfare training site at Fort Polk Fort Polk, U.S. army post, 200,000 acres (80,937 hectares), SW La.; est. 1941 and named for the Rev. Leonidas Polk. It is a major army warm-weather training center. , Louisiana and supports similar training efforts at a number of other locations. We also developed mobile urban warfare training sites that are being used to support U.S. training efforts in Kuwait and Afghanistan. Simulation and training is one of Anteon's key business areas and we look forward to applying our considerable expertise in supporting the National Training Center at Fort Irwin."

E[acute accent]About Anteon

E[acute accent]Anteon, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia Fairfax is an independent city forming an enclave within the confines of Fairfax County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Although politically independent of the surrounding county, the City of Fairfax is nevertheless its county seatGR6. , is a leading information technology and engineering solutions company providing support to the federal government and international sectors. For over 28 years, the Company has designed, integrated, maintained and upgraded state-of-the-art systems for national defense, intelligence, emergency response and other high priority government missions. Anteon also provides many of its government clients with the systems analysis, integration and program management skills necessary to manage the development and operations of their mission critical systems. The Company currently has approximately 8,600 employees in more than 100 offices worldwide. Anteon consistently ranks among the top information technology integrators based on independent surveys. Anteon was cited by Forbes Magazine, in 2004, as one of the 25 fastest growing technology companies and named one of the world's top 100 information technology companies in Business Week's INFOTECH 100 Annual Report for the last two consecutive years. For more information, visit www.anteon.com.

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E[acute accent]The statements contained in this release which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in, or implied by, forward-looking statements. The Company has tried, whenever possible, to identify these forward-looking statements using words such as "projects," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "plans," "intends," and similar expressions. Similarly, statements herein that describe the Company's business strategy, outlook, objectives, plans, intentions or goals are also forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties involving forward-looking statements include the Company's dependence on continued funding of U.S. government programs, government contract procurement and termination risks including risks associated with protests, and other risks described in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. These statements reflect the Company's current beliefs and are based upon information currently available to it. Be advised that developments subsequent to this release are likely to cause these statements to become outdated with the passage of time.
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