QINETIQ NORTH AMERICA ON WINNING B3H TEAM TO SUPPORT AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND

Category: Investment, Defense

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - December 9, 2009 - QinetiQ North America's Systems Engineering Group is a member of the B3H Corporation team that was recently awarded a five-year, IDIQ (indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity) contract by the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) to provide advisory and technical services to AFSOC headquarters.

The B3H team will compete for task orders under the Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) IV contract worth up to $85 million.

The task orders cover a wide range of services, such as providing engineering and technical assistance on weapons issues; command and control support; mission data software; database management; electronic warfare systems assessments; unmanned systems program support; and various other engineering, technical and advisory services.

"We look forward to working with B3H and the opportunity to offer AFSOC our expertise in mission planning, decision-support dashboards and automated maintenance information management, among other technologies and services," said Joe Townsend, Vice President, Logistics Technology, QinetiQ North America.

About B3H:

Founded in 1990 by Brig. Gen. (ret) Robert Chapman, B3H has grown to be one of the DoD's premier small business partners of management, technical and support services. Over its history, B3H has established a superb record of success, serving a both a prime and subcontractor on numerous major support contracts, including the Air Force Communications Command SETA contract, Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center's Technical and Acquisition Managem ent Support contract, and Air Combat Command's Contracted Advisory and Assistance Services.

About QinetiQ North America:

QinetiQ North America delivers world-class technology and responsive solutions to government agencies and commercial customers for many of their most urgent and complex challenges. The company is an independent, innovative technology provider that earns over a billion dollars in revenue operating with small company speed and agility, while leveraging significant global resources. More than 6,400 QinetiQ North America engineers, scientists and other professionals have the mission knowledge and proven, reliable performance to meet the rapidly changing demands of national defense, homeland security and information assurance customers. QinetiQ North America is part of QinetiQ Group plc, (QQ.LSE), one of the world's leading defense and security technology companies. For more information: www.QinetiQ-NA.com

Contact:
Mike Ruggeri
QinetiQ North America, Systems Engineering Group
636-300-5151
michael.ruggeri@qinetiq-na.com

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