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BTG on Anteon Team for $47 Million Army Battle Simulation Program.


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FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2001

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, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTGI), an information systems and technical services company, announced that it is a subcontractor to Anteon Corporation on a firm fixed-price contract to provide battle simulation services to the U.S. Army.

The contract is valued at $47 million over nine years, assuming all options are exercised, with revenue to BTG estimated at $6 million over the term.

The contract was issued by the Fort Hood Fort Hood, U.S. army post, 209,000 acres (84,580 hectares), central Tex., near Killeen; est. 1942 on the site of old Fort Gates and named for Confederate Gen. John Hood. It is one of the army's largest installations and a major employer of the area.  Contracting Command and the work will be performed at the Army's III Corps List of military corps — List of military corps by number

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 Battle Simulation Centers at Fort Hood, Texas, Fort Carson Fort Carson is a United States Army installation and a Census Designated Place located immediately south of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States and just north of Pueblo, Colorado in Pueblo County Colorado. , Colorado, Fort Riley, Kansas, and at various international locations. Anteon will support the full spectrum of the Army's computer-based simulation models at Fort Hood. BTG will operate the Fort Riley Battle Simulation Center, which offers a full range of simulation activities and supports the U.S. Army Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM STRICOM Simulation Training and Instrumentation Command
STRICOM Simulation, Training & Instrumentation Command (US Army) 
) with database management, system administration, and simulation technician/instructors. The Centers train officers, non-commissioned officers, warrant officers, and unit personnel on battle simulations, including the Corps Battle Simulation (CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. ), Brigade and Battle Simulation (BBS (1) (Bulletin Board System) A computer system used as an information source and forum for a particular interest group. They were widely used in the U.S. ), JANUS, SPECTRUM, and a range of variants to these simulations.

BTG Group Vice President Kevin Wilshere, General Manager of the company's Logistics, Engineering and Training business unit, said the program is critical in the development of training simulations for U.S. military forces. It combines live and virtual simulations to prepare soldiers, intelligence teams, and battle units for the 21st century.

Wilshere said highlights of BTG's work with U.S. military forces include:

--Development of operational tools applicable to the development of critical systems that have been used Army-wide to improve combat capabilities.

--Porting of legacy simulation systems to PC-based applications at all levels of command in the Army to enhance Command and Staff training.

--Development of customized databases for simulation sites that allow commanders to tailor their training exercises to fit their warfighting needs.

--Development of a book of "workarounds" for the JANUS and BBS systems, which provides for greater functionality and reduces down time during training exercises.

--Building of a top secret lab with fiber optic interface for the Department of Defense that linked nine development agents into a single simulation system that allowed every customer involved to gain access to sensitive information and to fully integrate joint training.

--Application of the company's experience in Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS PDSS Post-Deployment Software Support
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) to improve legacy systems that must fill the training gap while new systems are under development.

Wilshere said BTG provides a variety of services in the modeling and simulation area, including engineering, logistics, systems integration, and life cycle software engineering support. For the U.S. Army Simulation Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM), BTG supports Battle Simulation Centers at 11 sites throughout the United States, the Close Combat Tactical Trainer program, the Corps Battle Simulation system, the Brigade and Battle Simulation system, and the JANUS system. BTG also supports the National Security Agency on the Joint Simulation System Signals Intelligence Simulation (J-SIGSIM J-SIGSIM Joint Signals Intelligence Simulation (JSIMS) ) for the next generation of joint military training simulations. The company also provides Life Cycle Contractor Support for the Army's Communications-Electronics (CECOM CECOM Communications Electronics Command (US Army)
CECOM National Center for Communications of the Civil Protection Agency
) Software Engineering Center.

In addition to Modeling and Simulation, BTG's expert practice areas include Integrated Logistics Support A composite of all the support considerations necessary to assure the effective and economical support of a system for its life cycle. It is an integral part of all other aspects of system acquisition and operation. Also called ILS. , Information Management, Enterprise Support Services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services  and Network Management, Technology in Schools, E-Commerce, Geographic Information Systems, Mobile Computing, and Client Care Services. Information about BTG is available on the web at www.btg.com, by e-mail at info@btg.com, or by calling 703-383-8140.

Anteon Corporation, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, is a leading information technology and e-business solutions company providing support to the federal government, commercial, and international sectors for 25 years. With annual revenue approaching $650 million, the Company has approximately 5,000 employees in over 80 offices worldwide. Anteon has been acknowledged as a top information technology integrator by a survey of federal agency customers conducted by Federal Computer Week and by numerous other independent sources. Anteon Corporation is a privately held firm owned principally by affiliates of Caxton-Iseman Capital. For more information, visit http://www.anteon.com .

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