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BUSINESS NEWS NASA SELECTS JACOBS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES AND SCIENCE CAPABILITY AUGMENTATION Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. was awarded a contract to perform engineering, science, and technical services at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation contract has a potential value of $1.12 billion, with a four year base period of performance and two option periods with a duration of two years. The contract enables Jacobs to continue providing critical science and engineering and technical support for flagship NASA programs including the Space Launch System, International Space Station, and numerous space science and technology development projects. “Jacobs has partnered with MSFC for more than 28 years and we are proud to continue this partnership supporting the development and testing of advance systems, including the Space Launch System,” said Jacobs Advanced Engineering Research and Operations Senior Vice President Ward Johnson. “The Jacobs workforce takes tremendous pride in supporting NASA’s mission of exploration and we are honored to continue our role augmenting MSFC resources and capabilities.” KBR AWARDED CONTRACT TO DELIVER FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN THE MIDDLE EAST FOR U.K. MOD KBR, Inc. announced it has been awarded the Facilities Management Services Operations contract by the U.K. Ministry of Defence. Under a major exercise by the MOD to rationalize contracts across its operational estate, KBR will now be the sole supplier delivering FM services to the U.K. MOD on deployed operations.

Under the terms of the contract KBR will deliver a vast range of hard and soft FM services across the U.K. MOD’s operational estate in the Middle East to include: ❚ ❚ Operate and maintain existing infrastructure assets and optimize the use of assets across the operational estates ❚ ❚ Provide cost effective delivery for real life support services including catering, cleaning, laundry, waste management, and pest control services ❚ ❚ Provide services including grounds maintenance, reprographics, office machinery, and government furnished equipment servicing and maintenance The services delivered under the contract will see KBR teams working alongside the MOD in locations such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Oman, Bahrain, and the UAE, and will require KBR to deliver flexibility, responsiveness, and agility to meet any changes in the operational estate. The contract also provides the potential to support both operational deployments and exercises undertaken by the MOD on a call off basis going forward, particularly in the Middle East Region. KBR’s Government Services business provides deployed operational support to the highest standards across the world. “We are proud to have supported the British military on deployed operations over many years and are pleased to have been chosen as their support partner across the Middle East,” said Jay Ibrahim, KBR president. “This award is a testament to the hard work of our many staff who ensure that military bases function seamlessly day in, day out, in some of the most austere locations in the world, enabling military personnel to focus on their operational duties effectively.”

The initial period of this contract is three years, with associated revenue of $48 million, with the option to extend by up to two years for a total maximum value of $80 million. JACOBS WINS US AIR FORCE COMMUNICATION, NAVIGATION, SURVEILLANCE/AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE CONTRACT Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. was awarded a continuation contract for the U.S. Air Force Communication, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management software development. The software supports the fleet of air mobility and air combat command aircraft. The contract is valued at $34.6 million over five years if all options are exercised. Work will be primarily performed at the Jacobs Software Engineering Center in Nashua, New Hampshire. Under this contract, Jacobs will continue software development previously done under the Global Mobility and Special Mission Mission Planning Software Development and Sustainment contract. Jacobs will design, develop, and deliver CNS/ATM compliant software which produces aircraft readable navigational databases for the C-5, C-17, KC-10, KC-135, E-3 DRAGON, and EC- 130H aircraft. The contract also includes data validation of National Geospatial Agency aviation datasets and support for Foreign Military Services aircraft platforms. “Building on our long history of supporting the U.S. armed forces, this contract continues Jacobs’ legacy in providing safety of flight software to the Air Force, specifically its navigational data needs,” said Jacobs Aerospace and Technology Senior Vice President Darren Kraabel. “The software suite Jacobs is providing will enable more precise navigation of U.S. Air Force aircraft for continued operations to continue operations without restriction in controlled airspace around the world.”

initiatives that we’re using for project delivery in the energy and transportation sectors. TZL: What’s your prediction for the next five years? AB: Our middle-management team just developed our new five-year strategic plan. Of course, our firm takes pride in our ability to be nimble giving us the ability to change course as needed in the event of a shift in the economy. “Today’s CEOs need to know that their employees are their best asset. And they do – that’s why we’re starting to see headlines with companies like Google and Facebook creating and encouraging brighter (and sometimes radical) company culture.”

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attract and maintain the top talent. Growth, whether or- ganically or through M&As, welcomes new employees, new personalities and often new ways of doing things. We con- stantly look to maintain the firm’s core ways of conduct- ing business while adapting to change and advancements in technology in innovation. New employees have to feel that they are a part of your organization but it’s a two-way street. They also have to work to make sure they understand the culture and how they might best fit in. Those that make the effort will quickly succeed. TZL: What is the role of entrepreneurship in your firm? AB: As an ESOP, we’re all owners so that starts the entre- preneurial process. We also have an Innovation Team that allows employees who have an idea that they feel might im- prove our firm, internally or externally, to present those ideas. The team will work with them on the development of a business plan. We have recently developed two software

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