ManTech Awarded 2002 NASA George M. Low Award.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 2003 ManTech International Corporation (Nasdaq:MANT), a Fairfax, Virginia-based IT and technical services solution provider primarily supporting Federal Government customers, announced today that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), civilian agency of the U.S. federal government with the mission of conducting research and developing operational programs in the areas of space exploration, artificial satellites (see satellite, artificial), (NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. ) has awarded ManTech's Aerospace Technology Applications Center (ManTech ATAC ATAC Arimidex, tamoxifen and combination therapy ) in Greenbelt, Maryland Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Contained within today's City of Greenbelt is the historic, planned community now known locally as "Old Greenbelt." Greenbelt's population was 21,456 at the 2000 census. the George M. Low Award as the premier large business services contractor for NASA for 2002. First presented in 1987, the annual George M. Low Award is given in recognition of premier quality and performance for prime and subcontractors supporting NASA. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. NASA, the George M. Low Award recipient will have "demonstrated excellence and outstanding technical and managerial achievements in quality and performance" on behalf of NASA. With more than 30 years of service at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center. GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil servants and contractors, and is located approximately 6.5 miles northeast of Washington, D.C. (Goddard) in Greenbelt, Maryland, ManTech ATAC is the principal contractor responsible for providing comprehensive integration, and all environmental test engineering and operations support for space systems at Goddard. ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. Certified for all engineering, design and test operations, ManTech ATAC has more than 200 engineers and technicians at Goddard, providing a wide variety of engineering and technical support to NASA. For example, ManTech has provided critical test and engineering support for all Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the first large optical orbiting observatory. Built from 1978 to 1990 at a cost of $1.5 billion, the HST (named for astronomer E. P. Hubble) was expected to provide the clearest view yet obtained of the universe. servicing missions. Commenting on the award, ManTech International Corporation Chairman of the Board, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and President, George J. Pedersen stated, "We are honored to have been selected by NASA for the 2002 George M. Low Award--not just for the work we accomplished in 2002 but also for our work over the past three decades supporting Goddard Space Flight Center." Pedersen concluded, "We welcome this award as a symbol of the hard work and dedication of our ManTech employees who support NASA. We appreciate the opportunity to have worked with NASA on key programs over the years at Goddard, and we look forward to continuing cooperation in the future." The George M. Low Award was established to honor its namesake, a former NASA Deputy Administrator who worked on many important NASA projects during his 27-year tenure. In addition to providing management and direction for the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, in later years, he became one of the leading figures in the early development of the Space Shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. , the Skylab program, and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was the first joint flight of the U.S. and Soviet space programs. The mission took place in July 1975. For the United States of America, it was the last Apollo flight, as well as the last manned space launch until the flight of the first Space Shuttle . For additional information on NASA and the George M. Low Award, see the NASA website at www.nasa.gov. About ManTech International Corporation: 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. , ManTech International Corporation delivers a broad array of information technology and technical services solutions to U.S. federal government customers, focusing primarily on critical national defense programs for the intelligence community and Department of Defense. ManTech designs, develops, procures, implements, operates, tests and maintains mission-critical, enterprise information technology and communication systems and infrastructures for federal government customers in the United States and 34 countries worldwide. Additional information on ManTech can be found at www.mantech.com. Statements made in this press release which do not address historical facts could be interpreted to be forward-looking statements. An example of such forward looking statement includes the company's ability to continue working at NASA. Such statements are subject to factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from anticipated results. The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated include, but are not limited, to the following: failure of government customers to exercise options under contracts; funding decisions of U.S. Government projects; government contract procurement (such as bid protest) and termination risks; competitive factors such as pricing pressures and/or competition to hire and retain employees; material changes in laws or regulations applicable to the company's businesses and other risk factors discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The statements in this press release are made as of April 8, 2003, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements made herein, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in expectations or otherwise. |
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