Logicon awarded Defense Information Systems Agency contract.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 1997--Logicon Inc. (NYSE:LGN) Wednesday announced that the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has awarded it a Joint Interoperability and Engineering Organization (JIEO) Systems Engineering (JSE) contract.

Logicon is the only large business among eight firms that received JSE contract awards. The value of all task orders issued under the eight indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery contracts will not exceed $610 million.

Under this contract, Logicon will support JIEO in its roles as the Department of Defense (DoD) command-and-control information- systems engineer, and the DISA lead in engineering effective, interoperable, integrated and affordable DoD command-and-control information systems supporting the warfighter.

Logicon will provide engineering, technical, program and operational support services in the areas of Telecommunications Systems Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering, Applications Software Development and Maintenance, Standards and General Engineering.

This contract is a follow-on and expansion of Logicon's JIEO Omnibus contract under which Logicon provided systems-engineering support to JIEO since its evolution from the Joint Tactical Command, Control and Communications Agency more than five years ago.

Logicon is a leader in providing advanced-technology systems and services to support national security, civil and industrial needs. The company employs 5,000 people and operates in more than 100 locations throughout the United States and Western Europe. Visit Logicon via the Internet at http://www.logicon.com .

CONTACT: Logicon Inc.

Ralph L. Webster, 310/373-0220