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SAIC to Provide Tsunami Buoys to People's Republic of China

-- Two Warning Systems to Operate in the South China Sea, Providing Critical Data to the Chinese Tsunami Warning Center in Beijing

SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., March 10, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Two Warning Systems to Operate in the South China Sea, Providing Critical Data to the Chinese Tsunami Warning Center in Beijing

Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) announced today it has been awarded a contract by the People's Republic of China State Oceanographic Agency to produce and deliver two SAIC Tsunami Buoy (STB) systems. The systems will be the basis of China's tsunami warning system network in the South China Sea, continuously sending data to the Chinese Tsunami Warning Center in Beijing.

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The STB system consists of three subsystems: a surface communications buoy, a buoy mooring, and a bottom pressure recorder. The bottom pressure recorder includes a highly accurate sea floor pressure sensor which can detect earthquakes and sea level changes. Acoustic communications transmits the pressure data to the surface buoy which then relays the data by satellite communications to the Chinese Oceanographic Environmental Forecast Center for analysis. Once processed, the data can provide real-time assessments seismic events or other forces such as underwater mudslides.

"This effort is another demonstration of SAIC's commitment to work with those of the global community threatened by tsunamis, providing access to reliable and technologically sound tsunami assessment systems," said Tom Baybrook, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager. "We look forward to future opportunities to support the goal of a global integrated tsunami warning network."

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