Jacobs Awarded Test and Evaluation Support Contract at Aberdeen Test Center

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it received a contract from the U.S. Army to provide test and evaluation support to the Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Jacobs has been providing this support on the predecessor contract since 2001.

The contract, which consists of a base year and four one-year options, has a maximum potential value of $492 million.

Jacobs' workforce will consist of approximately 950 personnel. Jacobs will be supported by five subcontractor teammates: Log.Sec Corporation; Science and Technology Corporation; Erica Lane Enterprises, Inc.; Belzon, Inc.; and 3D Research Corporation.

The Jacobs team's support to ATC will include test and evaluation of a broad spectrum of military weapons systems and equipment for military and commercial customers. Services will include scientific, engineering, and technical support; environmental; laboratory analysis; multimedia support; and warehousing. ATC encompasses land and water totaling approximately 57,000 acres with an extensive inventory of test ranges and facilities.

In making the announcement, Jacobs President and CEO Craig Martin stated, "The work performed at Aberdeen Test Center is critical for supplying our armed forces with state-of-the-art combat and combat-support equipment. We are pleased to continue our support to ATC's important mission at one of the Department of Defense's foremost test and training ranges."

Jacobs, with about 54,000 employees and revenues exceeding $8.0 billion, provides technical, professional, and construction services globally.

Any statements made in this release that are not based on historical fact are forward-looking statements. Although such statements are based on management's current estimates and expectations, and currently available competitive, financial, and economic data, forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain. We, therefore, caution the reader that there are a variety of factors that could cause business conditions and results to differ materially from what is contained in our forward-looking statements. For a description of some of the factors which may occur that could cause actual results to differ from our forward-looking statements please refer to our 2007 Form 10-K, and in particular the discussions contained under Items 1 - Business, 1A - Risk Factors, 3 - Legal Proceedings, and 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. We also caution the readers of this release that we do not undertake to update any forward-looking statements made herein.

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Mary Bloom

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SOURCE Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.



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