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07/19/2010 - ASI Awarded FAA SE2020 Systems Engineering Contract to Support NextGen Modernization as a Partner with General Dynamics Information Technology

Alpharetta, Ga., July 19, 2010 --  Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc. (ASI), as a member of the team led by General Dynamics (NYSE: GD),  has been selected as one of eight small-business contractors for the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) System Engineering 2020 Research and Development/Mission Analysis Support program. The ten-year contract awarded to General Dynamics has a maximum potential value of $1.2 billion if all options are exercised. Funding will be awarded through individual task orders.

Through this program, ASI will partner with General Dynamics to support the FAA’s NextGen modernization program to improve safety and bring greater efficiencies to the U.S. airspace system by providing research and development and services.   Dr. Norman Geddes, CEO of ASI, said, “We are excited about the opportunity to help shape the next generation in air traffic control systems with General Dynamics. Allowing the FAA system to operate more efficiently as well as anticipating and responding to situations that arise in any part of the system independently or simultaneously is exactly what our associate systems are meant to do.”

The FAA’s Air Traffic Control and Next Generation (NextGen) modernization program will require major updates and modernization for aircraft flight decks, air traffic control facilities and airport technologies to improve the safety, capacity and efficiency of the country’s airspace.

About Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc. (ASI)
ASI, headquartered in Alpharetta, GA, is a leading provider of cognitive technology used to develop highly advanced decision-aiding systems. ASI's PreAct®-based Associate Systems harness the intelligence of world-class experts, enabling people with limited expertise to tap a vast body of knowledge and quickly deliver superior performance in highly demanding situations. The breakthrough PreAct® Software provides vast improvements over traditional artificial intelligence approaches and conventional software - in military, business and government domains. Please visit www.asinc.com for more information.

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06/28/2010 - Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc. Joins EDGE® Innovation Network

Alpharetta, Ga: June 2010 - Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc. (ASI) announced today it has joined the EDGE® Innovation Network, a collaborative, open-environment initiative enabling industry and academia, with government input, to work together to deliver new technologies and innovative capabilities to warfighters and first responders faster.

“The opportunity to leverage ASI’s 20 year history in decision aiding software with some of the world’s most innovative companies in the EDGE Innovation Centers and labs is fantastic,” said John Merrihew, Program Manager for Land Warfare. “It helps get our technology to the field quicker which in turn helps save American lives on the battlefield. This is what ASI is all about.”

Sponsored by General Dynamics C4 Systems, the EDGE Innovation Network bridges the gaps that occur between research and development work done in EDGE-member laboratories and the production of military and government systems. EDGE members fill these gaps by rapidly developing prototypes of new capabilities or improved subsystem components for customer evaluation and ultimately, insertion into military or government programs of record.

The EDGE has already delivered several innovations including a Soldier Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Receiver or SIR to the U.S. Army. About the size of a Blackberry®, the SIR device delivers real-time streaming video directly from multiple manned or unmanned assets directly into the hands of soldiers on the ground. Currently, there are over 10 projects in development intended to improve and enhance warfighter capabilities.

Pete Palmer, EDGE Innovation Network director, said, “The EDGE bridges gaps between end-user needs and current capabilities by promoting rapidly prototyped solutions that could close those gaps quickly. By applying the EDGE process, the government can quickly and cost-effectively review multiple options for users to evaluate in months rather than years.”

There are currently six EDGE Innovation Centers worldwide and over 120 EDGE members. Recent new members include Minnesota Defense, St. Paul, Minn.; Ultra Electronics Measurement Systems, Wallingford, Conn.; L3 Communications ComCept Division, Rockwall, Texas; Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc., Alpharetta, Ga.; the Collaborative Agent Design Research Center at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, Calif. More information is available online at EDGE-innovation website.

About Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc. (ASI)
ASI, headquartered in Alpharetta, Ga., is a leading provider of cognitive technology used to develop highly advanced decision-aiding systems. ASI's PreAct®-based Associate Systems harness the intelligence of world-class experts, enabling people with limited expertise to tap a vast body of knowledge and quickly deliver superior performance in highly demanding situations. The breakthrough PreAct® Software provides vast improvements over traditional artificial intelligence approaches and conventional software - in military, business and government domains. Please visit www.asinc.com for more information.

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03/19/2010 - My Property Tax Advisor website is Launched

Alpharetta, GA: March 2010 - Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc. successfully launched the My Property Tax Advisor website.

My Property Tax Advisor - lower your property taxes now!

My Property Tax Advisor is a commercial website, which provides property tax reduction services to the general public. The website's analytical capabilites are powered by ASI's PreAct engine.

My Property Tax Advisor (www.mypropertytaxadvisor.com) supports homeowners filing for property tax protests and appeals in all fifty states.

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"This project will help create a new and advanced chemical and biological threat detection capability for the military and for homeland defense," JD Crouch, president of QinetiQ North America's Technology Solutions Group, said. "QinetiQ North America welcomes the opportunity to work with our partners and JVIC and use our best resources and talent to accomplish this project."

The U.S. Army Research Office is funding the program, with worked performed primarily at the Jordan Valley Innovation Center at Missouri State University and at Qinetiq North America's Waltham, Mass.-based Technology Solutions Group.

"The development of this mobile early-warning robot sensor in Springfield is a great opportunity for Missouri State, its students and our community," Dr. Ryan Giedd, executive director of the Jordan Valley Innovation Center, said. "JVIC has now progressed to the point where we are value-adding to the most sophisticated of advanced technologies known while providing job opportunities in the near future for advanced manufacturing."

The newly announced project was designed with the goal of meeting a state Department of Defense need for tactical and biological defense as well as for an intelligent network for communication and direct senors to provide real-time threat information.

The carbon nanotechnology biological agent sensors for the project will be provided by Brewer Science of Rolla, Mo.

Software to integrate sensing, detection, identification and alerts for the system will be developed by Applied Systems Intelligence of Alpharetta, Ga.

Autonomous biothreat sensors to be developed

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01/2010 - QinetiQ North America Selects Brewer Science and ASI to Develop Software to Integrate Sensing, Detection, Identification and Alerts for Roving, Early-Warning WMD Detector

McLean, Virginia: January 22, 2010 -- QinetiQ North America announced today that it is working with Brewer Science and Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc. (ASI) on a one-year, $3.4 million program to develop an autonomous, self-deploying sensor that will serve as a roving, early-warning detector of biological warfare activity.

The program is being funded by the U.S. Army Research Office. Work on the project will be performed primarily at the Jordan Valley Innovation Center (JVIC) at Missouri State University, Springfield, Mo., and the Waltham, Mass., office of QinetiQ North America’s Technology Solutions Group. All three companies involved in the project are members of JVIC.

Dr. Ryan Giedd, the executive director of JVIC said, “The development of this mobile early-warning robot sensor in Springfield is a great opportunity for Missouri State, its students and our community. JVIC has now progressed to the point where we are value-adding to the most sophisticated of advanced technologies known while providing job opportunities in the near future for advanced manufacturing.”

The program is designed to meet a stated Department of Defense need for a tactical chemical and biological defense as well as an intelligent network that can communicate and direct sensors so they provide real-time notice of a threat.

Brewer Science will provide biological agent sensor elements based on carbon nanotechnology. ASI will develop software to integrate sensing, detection, identification and alerts for the system. QinetiQ North America will be responsible for building and qualifying the detector, integrating the systems and testing the sensor.

”This project will help create a new and advanced chemical and biological threat detection capabili class="main-link"ty for the military and for homeland defense,” said JD Crouch, President of the QinetiQ North America’s Technology Solutions Group. “QinetiQ North America welcomes the opportunity to work with our partners and JVIC and use our best resources and talent to accomplish this project.”

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. QinetiQ North America is an independent, innovative technology provider that earns over one 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. For more information, please visit www.QinetiQ-NA.com.

About Brewer Science: Brewer Science, headquartered in Rolla, MO, delivers innovative material, process, and equipment solutions for various applications including nanotechnology, lithography, advanced packaging, MEMS, optoelectronics, and compound semiconductors. As the inventor of ARC® anti-reflective coating products for the microlithography world, Brewer Science continues to expand its scope with CNTRENE™ microelectronics-grade carbon nanotube solutions, ProTEK® temporary etch protective coatings, WaferBOND® temporary bonding materials, OptiNDEX™ high-refractive index coatings, and Cee® processing equipment. Please visit www.brewerscience.com for further information.

About Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc. (ASI): ASI, headquartered in Alpharetta, GA, is a leading provider of cognitive technology used to develop highly advanced decision-aiding systems. ASI's PreAct®-based Associate Systems harness the intelligence of world-class experts, enabling people with limited expertise to tap a vast body of knowledge and quickly deliver superior performance in highly demanding situations. The breakthrough PreAct® Software provides vast improvements over traditional artificial intelligence approaches and conventional software - in military, business and government domains. Please visit www.asinc.com for more information.

About JVIC: The mission of the Jordan Valley Innovation Center (JVIC) is to improve the translation of research from the laboratory to the end user by providing an environment for entrepreneurship to flourish among scientists through intellectual property incentives. In the life and materials sciences, corporate affiliates help provide the background business information needed to drive high-risk high-reward research toward application. For more information, please visit www.jvic.missouristate.edu.

Contact: Dennis Cardon
Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc.
770-518.4228 x262
dcardon@asinc.com

QinetiQ North America Developing Roving, Early-Warning WMD Detector

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12/2009 - ASI Team Awarded Aviators Intelligent Assistant Contract

Alpharetta, Georgia: December 7, 2009 - Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc., (ASI) of Alpharetta, GA announced today that it has been awarded a $70,000 contract from the Army. The Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I contract is to develop a decision-making device, Aviation Intelligent Agent, to be incorporated into a cockpit environment providing both contextual and graphic information/solutions to reduce the already overloaded flight crews.

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11/2009 - ASI Team Awarded Decision Support Aiding for Human-Systems Acquisition Contract

Alpharetta, Georgia: November 6, 2009 - Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc., (ASI) of Alpharetta, GA announced today that it has been awarded a $69,951 contract from the Office of Naval Research. The Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I contract is to design a decision support tool that will ultimately allow system acquisition decision makers the ability to assess whether a proposed weapon system design addresses not only performance issues but also considers relevant Human-Systems Integration elements and how these elements impact Total Ownership Costs.

ASI proposed a highly innovative approach to optimizing the systems engineering of human-centric highly complex weapon systems, using the PreAct® cognitive engine framework known as Associate Systems. The ASI solution is a web-based knowledge portal with intelligent decision support guiding the designers and program decision makers. ASI is uniquely positioned to deliver this decision support solution and to commercialize it, while simultaneously enabling vast improvements to the DoD acquisition process where the effectiveness of Human-Systems Integration has been problematic.

ASI, headquartered in Alpharetta, GA, is a leading provider of cognitive technology used to develop highly advanced decision-aiding systems. ASI's PreAct®-based Associate Systems harness the intelligence of world-class experts, enabling people with limited expertise to tap a vast body of knowledge and quickly deliver superior performance in highly demanding situations. The breakthrough PreAct® Software provides vast improvements over traditional artificial intelligence approaches and conventional software - in military, business and government domains.

Dr. Norm Geddes, ASI's CEO said, "The Navy needs a reliable, maintainable and deployable solution to estimating the Total Cost of Ownership of future weapon systems. Our approach is to develop a solution that is easily configured to the particular acquisition domain and produces understandable and immediately applicable information about performance tradeoffs that reflect alternative investment decisions."

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03/2009 - ASI Sponsors Roswell High School’s Championship Qualifying FIRST Robotics National Team

designed to gain points in a structured game. Students compete against other schools at regional events to qualify for the national competition held in Atlanta, Georgia. Roswell High School’s robot, this year named “Taz-bot”, won the Peachtree Regional competing against 46 other schools and qualified for the national competition scheduled April 15-18 at Atlanta’s Georgia Dome.

Teams consist of students along with professionals and other adult mentors who work with the students answering questions and providing insight while the students design real time solutions to specific engineering challenges. Each team must design and build a working robot, which weighs no more than 120 pounds, from a basic kit of parts that is identical for every team. The experience is designed to spark an interest and inspire students into pursuing careers in science and technology. Local professionals from engineering companies provided guidance to the Roswell High students during the six week build period where the robot was completely designed, built, and tested to play in the game.

The game is radically redesigned each year representing the demands of the ever changing “adult” or business world. While the tasks necessary to gain points are different every year, the competition continuous to apply many of the skills that are taught throughout high school and encourages science and technology careers. The students learn and practice a variety of studies including engineering, design, computer science, and animation. They also develop abilities such as teamwork, leadership, project management, and “gracious professionalism,” a term coined by FIRST and for FIRST that supports respect towards one’s competitors and integrity in one’s actions.

Since 1996, the competition has grown to include over 900 teams. Teams now represent schools from all over the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Israel.

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07/2007 - ASI Team Awarded Intelligent Carbon Nanotube-Based Development Contract

from solar radiation events. This technology will allow for quick software reloading or resetting in satellites during the aftermath of such an event locally without necessitating ground-based intervention.

Solar radiation events including solar flares have been shown to interrupt communications through satellites. Such events have caused significant downtime as new software is uploaded from ground-based control centers. In addition, a relatively low yield and inexpensive nuclear weapon exploded in space can have an extremely destructive effect on space borne and ground-based electronic equipment. This generally includes any equipment with the line of sight of the event. The growing threat of EMP attack by rogue groups with new nuclear capabilities challenge the military and civilian authorities to protect critical commercial and military infrastructure. With this technology it would be possible to quickly reload or reset software in satellites in the aftermath of such an event from an onboard source automatically without ground-based control.

The team also includes Missouri State University, the Jordan Valley Innovation Center (JVIC), and Brewer Science, Inc. Previous collaboration via the JVIC has led to ASI's Gemini x25 product (pictured right). The Gemini x25 is embedded with ASI's PreAct Artificial Intelligence software, enabling handheld computer integration.

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03/2007 - ASI Featured on World Business Review with Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf

Applied Systems Intelligence Appeared on Norman Schwarzkopf's World Business Review TV Series, March 25, 2007 on CNBC

Intelligence, Inc. on World Business Review hosted by General Norman Schwarzkopf. Artificial intelligence is experiencing a rebirth as an approach to solving very complex problems.

"As the business world becomes more interconnected and complex, the software industry finds itself facing the really hard problems that conventional approaches can't adequately address. Our integrated intelligent systems, on the other hand, can solve these problems, thus creating great value for our partners and customers," states Dr. Norm Geddes, Founder and CEO.

About World Business Review - World Business Review airs on CNBC (as paid programming) and Bravo (as paid programming). World Business Review may also be viewed through video on demand via www.wbrtv1.com. The WBR Series is also available at more than 90 prestigious college universities, including Carnegie Mellon University, Dartmouth College and Georgetown University. For specific market-by-market air dates and times, please http://www.wbrtv.com/broadcast/1824.htm or e-mail moniqueh@mmpusa.com. For more information, please visit www.wbrtv1.com.

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10/2005 ASI Earns CMM-3 Software Development Certification

Roswell, Georgia: October 18, 2005 Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc., (ASI) announced today that it has been awarded certification for software development under the Capability Maturity Model Level 3 (CMM-3) from the Software Engineering Institute, a branch of Carnegie Mellon University.

The certification evaluation was led by Ralph Williams, president of Cooliemon, LLC, who stated that ASI was well prepared for the appraisal process. Dr. Norman Geddes, ASI's CEO, said, "This prestigious rating positions ASI for additional new business and growth." The CMM® standards establish a benchmark for judging, in a repeatable way, the maturity of an organization's software process and comparing it to the state of the practice of the industry. CMM® can also be used by an organization to plan improvements to its software process. It also reflects the needs of individuals performing software process, improvement or process assessments; is documented; and is publicly available.

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