Terrex Completes U.S. Marine Corps’ Amphibious Vehicle Evaluation in Camp Pendleton

July 18, 2013

Company Awaits Final Report from the Marine Corps


(McLean, Va.) July 18, 2013 —Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [NYSE: SAI] completed two weeks of wheeled amphibious vehicle evaluations in Camp Pendleton, Calif. as part of the U.S. Marine Corps’ (USMC) Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC) Continued Systems Demonstration and Studies contract.

SAIC leads a team, along with ST Kinetics and Armatec Survivability Corporation, which modified TERREX to expand the maneuver space of infantry battalions for military operations across land, littoral, and inland water environments. The evaluation of the TERREX 8x8, a wheeled armored, amphibious vehicle, designed and manufactured by ST Kinetics included a series of water performance demonstrations in various sea conditions and an evaluation of human factors and stowage capacity. TERREX’s advanced design used during the demonstrations was manufactured with capacity available to fill the medium-armor ground vehicle gap as a complement to the capabilities of the USMC Assault Amphibious Vehicle and the future Amphibious Combat Vehicle.

“TERREX completed all required surf transit and ocean swim maneuverability tests at its fully loaded combat weight while facing challenging conditions,” said Tom Watson, SAIC Navy and Marine Corps Group senior vice president. “SAIC is proud of TERREX’s performance during this tough evaluation and we are anxiously awaiting our official results.”

During the evaluation, TERREX repeated its ocean swim and maneuverability results achieved during the previously completed rehearsal event conducted in March 2013. TERREX also demonstrated its significant load capacity capabilities through successful stowage of the gear and supplies that Marines would require for three days of operations, with space remaining for additional equipment. The human factors evaluation demonstrated the spacious interior by accommodating the specified number of combat-equipped Marines and enabling rapid tactical and emergency egress. The quick-release hatch design showed its ease of operation and rapid egress during the timed demonstration.

SAIC began ballistic and blast tests at the Nevada Automotive Test Center (NATC) in conjunction with USMC, U.S. Army, and NATC personnel in May and is scheduled to complete all ballistic and mine blast demonstrations in July 2013. A final report from USMC is anticipated to be delivered in September 2013.

About SAIC
SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the Nation and the world, in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health. The Company's approximately 38,000 employees serve customers in the U.S. Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other U.S. Government civil agencies and selected commercial markets. Headquartered in McLean, Va., SAIC had annual revenues of approximately $11.2 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2013. For more information, visit www.SAIC.com.  SAIC:  From Science to Solutions®

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