SpatialNews Press Release
BTG Awarded Over $12 Million in New GIS
Contracts
FAIRFAX, Va., Nov. 9, 2000--
Company Expanding Its Practice in Geographic Information Systems
BTG, Inc. (NASDAQ: BTGI), an information systems and technical services company, announced
that it has been awarded more than $12 million dollars in new contracts for Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) services this year.
The company said the new awards to its Geospatial Division have come primarily from U.S.
Government defense and civilian agencies. The terms of the contracts range from one to two years;
work will be performed at BTG facilities and client sites in the United States, South America, and
Japan.
Senior Vice President Les Rose, General Manager of BTG Applied Engineering Solutions, said the
company is now expanding its geospatial offerings to clients in the commercial sector. "Geospatial
services comprise one of our fastest growing business practices and those services are as valuable to
private sector organizations as they are to our government clients. With our depth of experience and
expertise in GIS, Remote Sensing, Range Support, Training, and Facilities Utilization, we can move our
customers to higher levels of efficiency in a much shorter time." Rose said the Geospatial Division,
which already had operations in Cape Canaveral and Niceville, Florida, Santa Maria, California, and
Colorado Springs, Colorado, opened two new facilities this year at client sites in Hawaii and Japan.
Joe Staton, Director of BTG's Geospatial Division, said U.S. military customers have selected BTG
to provide aerial mapping and GIS services in support of base comprehensive planning, airfield
obstruction surveys, contingency planning, and facilities management. "Our technical staff members are
also retained on customer sites at military, federal and civilian installations to help with enterprise GIS
development for critical decision making. As a result of BTG's reputation for no-nonsense GIS
implementation, referrals and follow-on awards have been the primary source of new business this
year." Staton said he expects the expansion of GIS business to continue.
A GIS is a computer-based system and associated data bases that assemble information identified
according to geographic location, allowing it to be stored, manipulated and displayed. Uses include
resource management, contingency planning, and scientific research. BTG's GIS systems, for example,
have been used to predict potential flooding caused by changing weather patterns, and in classifying
dune vegetation to preserve the ecology of the coast along the Pacific Northwest.
BTG is an information systems and technical services firm that provides computer-based solutions
for government and commercial clients. In addition to Geographic Information Systems, the company's
expert practice areas include Enterprise Support Services and Network Management, Technology in
Schools, Information and Network Security, Integrated Logistics Support, Modeling and Simulation,
Mobile Computing, and Remedy and Microsoft Solutions. Information about BTG is available on the
web at www.btg.com, by e-mail at info@btg.com, or by calling 703-383-8140.
"SAFE HARBOR" STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION
REFORM ACT OF 1995: The statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
different materially from those set forth in or implied by forward-looking statements. These risks and
uncertainties include the amount of work actually to be awarded under any contract or subcontract, the
Company's entry into new commercial businesses, dependence on continued funding of U.S.
government programs, government contract procurement and termination risks, including risks
associated with protests, and other risks described in the Company's Securities and Exchange
Commission filings.
CONTACT:
BTG Incorporated
Investors: John Graham, 703/383-8147, fax 703/383-4070
Investor@btg.com
Editors: Theda Parrish, 703/383-8145, home 703/573-8135
tparrish@btg.com, CorpComm@btg.com
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