BTG Oklahoma City Wins FAA Services Contract.FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 1997--BTG, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BTGI) announced that its Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm office has been awarded a contract by the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control (FAA) to integrate and install 500 servers and workstations at 120 sites in the U.S., Europe and the Far East over the next year. BTG BTG BIT (Built-In Test) Target Generator BTG Bridging the Gap BTG British Technology Group BtG Betreuungsgesetz (Germany) BTG Biomass Technology Group BV BTG Begbies Traynor Group will use Microsoft software for the installation, including Windows-95, Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , Office, and BackOffice suites, as well as applications specific to the FAA. BTG also will provide network, operations and database support of the servers over an FAA wide area network. Potential revenue to BTG from the contract is estimated at $657,000 over the next year. BTG's Oklahoma City office also works with the FAA on the Field Automation Support Team (FAST), a help desk for several divisions within the FAA. Another project involves administration of a 39-server local area network facility with over 500 FAA users. In addition to integration and network support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services , BTG's Oklahoma office adapts leading-edge technologies for Internet/intranet applications and provides engineering design services for software, networking and security. In the last four months, the office has been awarded computer services Data processing (timesharing, batch processing), software development and consulting services. See service bureau, SaaS and ASP. contracts potentially worth $2 million for government and commercial clients, including Kerr-McGee, Marriott, LSB (Linux Standard Base) A standard interface (ABI) for Linux from the Linux Foundation (www.linux-foundation.org). Introduced in 2001 by the Free Standards Group, which later became the Linux Foundation, applications based on the LSB standard will run properly under Industries, the Oklahoma City/County Health Department, Mustang Schools, and Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton insurance brokerage. For national trader MeatMAP, Inc., BTG developed a virtual trading floor that allows investors to buy and sell meat products online. In the last year, the office in Oklahoma City has nearly doubled in size, growing from 24 to 46 employees. For additional information on BTG's Oklahoma operation, call Vice President Robert Wood at (405) 789-8080, or e-mail rwood@btg.com. BTG provides information technology services and products to government and commercial clients. The company specializes in systems engineering, integration and network systems, Internet/intranet access and services, community networks, custom computer manufacturing, and the reselling of hardware, software and services. The company is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. Additional information on BTG is available on the Internet at http://www.btg.com/, by e-mail at info@btg.com, or by calling 703-383-8000. CONTACT: BTG, Inc. John Graham, 703/383-8147, investor@btg.com or Theda Parrish, 703/383-8145, tparrish@btg.com |
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