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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Era Selected for Wide Area Multilateration and ADS-B in the Azores SRA subsidiary to Deploy MSS Surveillance System

FAIRFAX, Va., July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Era a.s., a subsidiary of SRA International, Inc. (NYSE: SRX), today announced it has been selected by NAV Portugal to deliver a wide area multilateration (WAM) and ADS-B system for the central group of islands in the Azores.  


Era’s solution will utilize its MSS multilateration and ADS-B system to provide NAV Portugal with highly accurate, reliable and redundant surveillance. Coverage from the solution will ensure safe and efficient coverage of the approach, departure and go-around zones of Portugal’s Horta airport and will extend to over 100 nautical miles in most directions, with accuracy sufficient to enable both en-route and approach separation services.


“NAV Portugal required a robust and durable solution, able to cope with the marine environment and island landscape," said Russell Hulstrom, Era’s vice president of global sales and marketing. “Each MSS module is built to IP67 standards, ensuring ingress protection against salt water, wind, sand and other contaminants. Additionally, the proposed solution places multilateration and ADS-B receivers on several islands in the archipelago, and will utilize Era’s proven expertise in wide area systems deployment -- using satellite synchronization technology to establish a large area of high-precision surveillance over vast areas of ocean.”


Era has been recently chosen for several next-generation wide area surveillance solutions, with current installations underway in Fiji, Namibia and Thailand  


“This is an important project for us, and we needed to know that we were not going to be learning ground for new technology,” said a spokesman for NAV Portugal. “Era’s solution for WAM deployments was a key factor in the selection of MSS for this particular task.”


Acquired by SRA in July 2008, Era a.s. provides surveillance technologies for the air traffic management, airport operations, military and security markets. For more information about Era, visit www.sra.com/era. SRA does not announce sales amounts for individual Era contracts; Era a.s. contracts for their air traffic management business typically range in value of $1-2 million, and may be up to $5 million.


About SRA International, Inc.

SRA and its subsidiaries are dedicated to solving complex problems of global significance for government organizations serving the national security, civil government and global health markets. Founded in  1978, the company and its subsidiaries have expertise in such areas as air surveillance and air traffic management; contract research organization (CRO) services; cyber security; disaster response planning; enterprise resource planning; environmental strategies; IT systems, infrastructure and managed services; logistics; public health preparedness; strategic management consulting; systems engineering; and wireless integration.


FORTUNE® magazine has chosen SRA as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” for ten consecutive years. The company and its subsidiaries employ more than 6,800 employees serving clients from headquarters in Fairfax, Va., and offices around the world. For additional information on SRA, please visit www.sra.com.


Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans, and prospects for SRA, including statements about the estimated value of the contract and work to be performed, and other statements containing the words “estimates,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “expects,” “will,” and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent our views as of July 21, 2009. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to July 21, 2009.



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