U.S. Air Force Selects Emergent for Follow-On Support at the Nellis Combined Air Operations Center -NCAOC-.

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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2001

The U.S. Air Force selected Emergent Information Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:EITI) to perform additional work to support the Nellis Combined Air Operations Center, its new Command and Control support and training facility being created at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

The win expands Emergent's Nellis Team and increases the value of the effort being performed to more than $1.5 million under the Information Technology (IT) contract and the Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) General Services Administration (GSA) contract.

Mark Correll, Emergent's project manager at the Nellis Combined Air Operations Center, said, "The additional positions we are providing Team Nellis include a Joint Interface Control Officer, a Theater Battle Management Core Systems Operations Trainer, and Schedulers."

Emergent currently supports the Air Force at Nellis with Theater Battle Management Core Systems (TBMCS) system administration, network integration and configuration control, TBMCS database management, communications engineering and integration, video engineering, design and integration, datalink support, test and evaluation support, and exercise planning and execution support to the test and training environment.

In addition, Emergent provides task and program management.

Don Cunningham, head of Emergent's Command and Control (C2) Applications Department in Nevada, said, "We're proud the Air Force selected us as lead contractor for this effort and we're working hard to continue providing our customer with the exceptional performance they've come to expect from us."

About Emergent

Emergent Information Technologies is a leading provider of IT solutions, modeling and simulation services, science, strategic studies, and systems engineering services. Its wholly owned subsidiary, Steven Myers & Associates Inc. (SM&A), provides management consulting and competition management services.

From its offices throughout the nation, Emergent's scientists, engineers, operations experts and consultants serve important customers from the armed forces, the scientific community, and law enforcement in government to the aerospace, manufacturing, and information technology sector in business. Additional information on Emergent is available on the Internet at www.emergent-it.com.

Statements herein concerning the company's growth and strategies may include forward-looking statements. The company's actual results may differ materially from those suggested as a result of various factors. Interested parties should refer to the disclosure set forth under the caption "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in the company's Form 10-K/A for the year ended Dec. 31, 1999 and the 10-Q for the period ended Sept. 30, 2000, for additional information regarding risks affecting the company's financial condition and results of operations.