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SAIC Signs Joint Marketing Agreement with Baker Energy

SAN DIEGO, CA., October 9, 2000 - Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and Baker Energy have signed an agreement tojointly market Baker's maintenance management services with SAIC's information technology (IT) expertise to the oil and gas, petrochemical and utilities industries. By working together, the companies will offer complete maintenance management solutions toclients in the energy sector.

"SAIC has a long and distinguished history of solving our customers' technical challenges," said Lane Sloan, executive vice president of SAIC's energy sector. "By combining Baker's process and energy domain knowledge with the systems integration and IT capabilities of SAIC, we will be able to provide complete maintenance offerings to our customers."
"SAIC and Baker are a good fit," said Michael Whitten, president of Baker Energy. "together, we can provide energy and petrochemical companies complete solutions that can rapidly streamline their operations, reduce their costs and help them become more competitive in the marketplace."

About Michael Baker Corporation:
Michael Baker Corporation (www.mbakercorp.com) provides engineering and energy expertise for public and private sector clients worldwide. The firm's primary services include facilities design, engineering design for the transportation and civil infrastructure markets, operation and maintenance of oil and gas production facilities, and construction management for buildings and highway projects. Baker employs more than 3,200 in more than 30 offices across the United States and internationally.

About SAIC:
SAIC is the nation's largest employee-owned research and engineering company, providing information technology, systems integration and eBusiness products and to services commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to Solve complex technical problems in telecommunications, national security, health care, transportation, energy, the environment and financial services. With annual revenues exceeding $5.5 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 41,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found on the Internet at www.saic.com.

Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2000. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not toplace undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Source Science Applications International Corp. 703-676-2541

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