ManTech Awarded $76M Contract to Support IT Infrastructure for National Media Exploitation Center

ManTech International Corporation (Nasdaq:MANT) announced that it was awarded the follow-on effort for the IT operations and mission support program from the National Media Exploitation Center (NMEC) in the third quarter. ManTech will provide NMEC with data center operations, network operations, software engineering, systems engineering, information assurance, requirements management, configuration management, and project/program management support. The new, competitively-awarded prime contract is valued at $76 million with a base year (nine months) and four option years with a potential to surge 100 percent. ManTech’s team includes several small business teammates as well as Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI).

NMEC is a Director of National Intelligence program with the Defense Intelligence Agency as the executive agent. It requires petabytes of storage and the development of cutting-edge document and media exploitation tools.

NMEC’s mission is to exploit documents and electronic media captured on the battlefield to gain insight into adversary intentions and capabilities. ManTech provides day–to-day operations and maintenance for NMEC’s IT infrastructure, software tools, storage, and Tier I, II, and III desktop and application support.

"Providing mission-critical, enterprise IT support for Intelligence Community organizations such as NMEC, and other DOD and federal agencies is one of ManTech’s core competencies,” said Larry Prior, President and Chief Operating Officer, ManTech International Corporation. "We look forward to continuing our support for NMEC and helping them to provide timely, objective, all-source military intelligence to policy makers, war fighters, and force planners.”

About ManTech International Corporation:

Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia with approximately 8,000 professionals, ManTech International Corporation is a leading provider of innovative technologies and solutions for mission-critical national security programs for the Intelligence Community; the departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security and Justice; the Space Community; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and other U.S. federal government customers. ManTech’s expertise includes systems engineering, systems integration, software development services, enterprise architecture, cyber security, information assurance, intelligence operations and analysis support, network and critical infrastructure protection, information operations and information warfare support, information technology, communications integration, global logistics and supply chain management, and service oriented architectures. The company supports the advanced telecommunications systems that are used in Operation Iraqi Freedom and in other parts of the world; has developed a secure, collaborative communications system for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and builds and maintains secure databases that track terrorists. The company operates in the United States and 40 countries. In 2008, BusinessWeek magazine chose ManTech for its ‘InfoTech 100’ listing representing the best performing tech companies in the world; Forbes.com named ManTech as one of the 400 Best Big Companies in the nation; and A-Space, a Web 2.0 enhanced collaboration tool that ManTech developed for the Intelligence Community was named one of the Top 50 Inventions of the Year by Time magazine. Also in 2008, GI Jobs magazine named ManTech a Top Ten Military Friendly Employer for the third year in a row. Additional information on ManTech can be found at www.mantech.com.

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