KEYW Receives Contract For Airborne Collection Services

HANOVER, Md., Jan. 10, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The KEYW Holding Corporation (Nasdaq:KEYW) is pleased to announce that it is in receipt of a contract for continued overseas airborne collection services. The total value of the contract with the option period is $52 million. Of this, $39 million is funded for collection services through the end of the government's 2013 fiscal year.

"KEYW has continued to make investments in this high-demand, high-value imagery product and we continue to see significant growth potential for collection missions in other parts of the world," commented Leonard Moodispaw, CEO and President of KEYW. "We are honored to continue providing this mission-critical airborne collection capability to our troops deployed overseas."

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KEYW provides agile cyber superiority, cybersecurity, and geospatial intelligence solutions for U.S. Government intelligence and defense customers and commercial enterprises. We create our solutions by combining our services and expertise with hardware, software, and proprietary technology to meet our customers' requirements. For more information contact KEYW Corporation, 7740 Milestone Parkway, Suite 400, Hanover, Maryland 21076; Phone [phone]; Fax [phone]; E-mail [e-mail]; or on the Web at www.keywcorp.com .

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