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ASI Selected To Participate in Future Combat System Development With Raytheon

ROSWELL, Georgia, July 11, 2003 – Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc., today announced its selection as a member of the team led by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) that has been selected to enter into negotiations toward an estimated $40 million contract to develop the Battle Command Mission Execution (BCME) component for the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program. Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), FCS' lead system integrator (LSI) team, announced this selection for negotiations on behalf of the Army. The team includes Lockheed Martin, SAIC, University of Maryland and Stanford Research Institute. Work will begin upon the contract being awarded and is expected to continue through 2009.
 
BCME is part of a command and control (C2) system that will give warfighters a complete, integrated battlefield picture – that is, one view of all troops and platforms. This new capability will allow commanders to dispatch people and equipment to the right place at the right time. In addition, BCME will provide "certification" that proposed fire missions can be conducted with reduced risk of friendly fire.

The FCS program is the driving concept behind the Army's transformational and network-centric warfare efforts. Supporting rapid deployment, autonomous troops and a faster battle tempo, this program will prepare the Army for anticipated changes in the conduct of warfare beyond 2012. Dr. Norman Geddes, ASI’s CEO, said, “ASI is proud to be a member of Raytheon’s BCME Team and to help provide the technology for the team’s FCS BCME effort.”

About ASI
Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc., headquartered in Roswell, GA, is the world’s 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.