HANOVER, Md., May 31, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The KEYW Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:KEYW) announced today that it has been awarded a prime position on a five-year multiple-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a $245 million ceiling value to provide Research and Development support to the Information Technology Division at the Naval Research Laboratory. KEYW competed for and was awarded all seven customer research fields, and will provide Research and Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) and Technical Services Support to a variety of research and development programs in the areas of information technology.

“Once again, we are very excited to expand our relationship with the Naval Research Laboratory and our engineering portfolio on the cutting edge of advancing IT solutions for the defense and intelligence community sector,” commented Bill Weber, president and CEO of KEYW. “The award of this program continues to validate our ability to provide our customers with mission essential engineering expertise. We look forward to continuing and building on KEYW’s reputation as a premier provider of both hardware and software engineering solutions.”

About KEYW
KEYW is a total solutions provider for the Intelligence Community’s toughest challenges.  We support the collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of information across the full life cycle of the Intelligence Community’s mission.  We employ and challenge the most talented professionals in the industry with solving such complex problems as preventing cyber threats, transforming data into intelligence, and combating global terrorism.  For more information contact KEYW Corporation, 7740 Milestone Parkway, Suite 400, Hanover, Maryland 21076; Phone 443-733-1600; Fax 443-733-1601; E-mail [email protected]; or on the Web at www.keywcorp.com.

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443-733-1600