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Booz Allen Hamilton to Provide Specialized Scientific Research to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s InnoVision Future Solutions Program

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Friday, March 22nd 2013
| McLean, VA
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March 21, 2013

McLean, VA – Booz Allen Hamilton today announced it received a $315 million single award contract to support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) InnoVision Directorate. Booz Allen will provide specialized scientific and technical research and development subject matter expertise to all facets of the InnoVision Future Solutions Program (IFSP) through Nov. 2017. IFSP provides support to perform path-breaking scientific research and transitions innovative concepts and capabilities required to solve the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense’s most complex problems. Additionally, IFSP explores emerging scientific capabilities and opportunities such as high-performance computing or Big Data, and surveillance, in high-threat environments.

“With Booz Allen’s scientific and technical expertise in remote sensing, geospatial intelligence applications development, 3-D visualization and big data processing , we can help NGA achieve its objectives to advance geospatial science, and to deliver innovative tools and processes to address difficult geospatial intelligence challenges,” said Lee Wilbur, Booz Allen Senior Vice President. “This win is a true testament to our long-standing partnership with the NGA that dates back more than three decades.”

For the past 30 years, Booz Allen has partnered with NGA to deliver support across many military and intelligence operations. As the prime on this award, Booz Allen will lead a complex team of partners on this work, including ten small businesses. This announcement comes on the heels of eight major task orders awarded to Booz Allen in October 2012 to provide management and technical services to the NGA through the Enterprise Support to Management and Resources for Technical Services (ESMARTS) contract.

About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton is a leading provider of management and technology consulting services to the U.S. government in defense, intelligence, and civil markets, and to major corporations, institutions, and not-for-profit organizations. Booz Allen is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, employs approximately 25,000 people, and had revenue of $5.86 billion for the 12 months ended March 31, 2012.

Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains, or may be deemed to contain, “forward-looking statements” (as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Examples of forward-looking statements include information concerning the value of the contract award and Booz Allen Hamilton’s future performance under the contract. These statements give Booz Allen Hamilton’s current expectation of future events or its future performance and do not relate directly to historical or current events. A number of factors could cause Booz Allen Hamilton’s future actions and related results to vary from any expectations or goals expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements included in this press release, possibly to a material degree. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in Booz Allen Hamilton’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2012. All forward-looking statements included in this press release speak only as of the date made, and, except as required by law, Booz Allen Hamilton undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any such forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. 

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