Litton Awarded Joint Battlespace Infosphere Distributed Testbed Contract; a Five-Year ID/IQ Award With an Initial Potential Value of $25 Million.

Business Editors & Defense Writers

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2000

Litton Industries (NYSE:LIT) today announced that its PRC Inc. subsidiary has won the contract to develop, implement, operate and manage the Joint Battlespace Infosphere Distributed Testbed (JBI-DT).

The Information Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Rome, N.Y., awarded Litton PRC the five-year, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract.

The JBI-DT contract has an initial potential value to Litton of $25 million.

A pivotal program for the U.S. Air Force, the JBI-DT is designed to improve the performance and reduce the life-cycle costs of command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C2ISR) systems. It represents an innovative and unique capability for integrating information from a wide variety of battlefield sensors, systems and users, and intelligently disseminating this tailored knowledge in a timely manner, and in the right format and level of detail, for users at all echelons.

"This is an important win for Litton," said Barry Rhine, president of Litton PRC. "We welcome the challenge of working with our Air Force customers to improve the performance and reduce the costs of C2ISR systems. We take pride in having a significant presence in almost every research facility in the Department of Defense and in contributing significantly to the missions of those facilities."

Under the new contract, Litton PRC will work closely with the Air Force to establish and administer a geographically distributed testbed with nodes linking robust, secure network communications.

Initially, the JBI-DT will consist of four primary nodes to be stood up at the Warfighter Support Center, Langley AFB, in Virginia; the AFRL Information Directorate, in Rome, N.Y.; the C2 Unified Battlespace Environment (CUBE), Hanscom AFB, in Massachusetts; the C2 Battlelab, Hurlburt Field, in Florida; and the Dynamic Battle Control Center (DBCC), at Nellis AFB, Nevada.

The JBI-DT will provide for rapid prototyping, integration, experimentation and operational assessment for legacy and emerging C2ISR systems. It will also allow for future technology insertion and reduce the risks of integrating future technological advances.

The Litton PRC team for JBI-DT includes Litton TASC, General Dynamics, TRW, Boeing, IBM, Comptek PRB, BTG, Capraro Technologies and Zel Technologies.

Litton PRC is a leading provider of scientific, engineering and information-technology-based solutions for public-sector clients. Litton PRC is one of the divisions that comprise Litton's Information Systems Group (ISG). Litton PRC is among the fewer than 2 percent of all U.S. companies that have achieved a Software Engineering Institute (SEI) software capability maturity model (CMM) Level 5 rating.

Litton ISG, with headquarters in Woodland Hills, Calif., employs more than 9,200 employees in 150 offices nationwide and is ranked as one of the federal government's top 10 contractors. It is a leading information-technology (IT) contractor to the U.S. government and provides specialized IT services to commercial customers and government customers in local/foreign jurisdictions.

Litton is the nation's largest builder of non-nuclear ships for the U.S. Navy and designs, builds and overhauls surface ships for government and commercial customers worldwide. The company is a leading information-technology (IT) contractor to the U.S. government and provides specialized IT services to commercial customers and government customers in local/foreign jurisdictions.

Litton is a leading provider of defense and commercial electronics technology, components and materials for customers worldwide. With headquarters in Woodland Hills, Litton has more than 40,000 employees and $5 billion in annual revenue. For more information, visit Litton's Web site at www.litton.com.