Dec. 14, 2005 – The U.S. Army Information Technology, E-Commerce and Commercial Contracting Center-West has awarded ITT the Total Army Communications -- Southwest Asia, Central Asia and Africa (TAC-SWACAA) contract to operate and maintain communications and information systems in Southwest Asia, Central Asia and Africa. The contract covers one base year with four one-year options, and has a potential value of $681 million when all options are exercised. Contract work will be performed by ITT's Systems Division, headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO, under the operational direction of the Network Enterprise Technology Command's (NETCOM) 160th Signal Brigade.

"Our approach has been and will always be to join our customer in mission accomplishment. On TAC-SWACAA, we will do this by providing high-quality, flexible and responsive support to NETCOM's mission partners, which include U.S. and Coalition Forces," said Steve Gaffney, President of ITT Defense. "Through our partnership with NETCOM, we will continue to provide full support to the Warfighter for critical communications systems at 50 locations in six countries that are partnered with the United States in the global war against terrorism. ITT welcomes the opportunity to maintain this partnership and continue our 'One Team-One Mission' commitment to deliver performance excellence to our customers."

ITT provides, on a worldwide basis, select government, commercial, and international customers value-added, total systems solutions for turn-key satellite earth terminals, air and missile defense, communications, command and control, spacelift, surveillance and equipment and facility maintenance, which includes service life extension and full logistics life cycle support.

For more information:
Natasha Haubold
1-703-790-6300
natasha.haubold@itt.com

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