NAVY AWARDS ANTEON $93M ENABLING TECH CONTRACT.

Anteon International Corporation (NYSE: ANT), an information technology and systems engineering and integration company, announced recently that it has been awarded a five-year contract by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, to support the Navy's Enabling Technologies (Smart Technologies) program. The estimated value for this multi-award contract is $93 million.

The Anteon team, one of two selected for this contract award, will provide engineering and technical support services for the transition of "Smart Technology" processes from research and development to shipboard installation and operation. Anteon will support the Navy's efforts to reduce ships' manning requirements by incorporating technologies such as web connecting sensors to provide "real time" information on the status of ship systems.

Joseph M. Kampf, Anteon President and CEO, stated, "Through its Enabling Technologies Program, the Navy is addressing today's major challenge of doing more with less. Anteon personnel have been supporting Smart Technologies programs since their inception in the early 1990s, and we look forward to working with the Navy to continue research, testing and implementation of these important technologies."

Anteon, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, is a leading information technology and systems engineering and integration company that has provided support to the U.S. federal government and international sectors for over 25 years. With 2001 revenue of $715 million, the Company has more than 5,400 employees in over 80 offices worldwide and frequently ranks among the top information technology integrators based on independent surveys.