DRC Awarded Multiple Evaluation and Analysis Task Orders by Army Research Institute Valued At $2.1 Million

Company to Assess and Report On Effectiveness of Training Courses for Soldier Preparedness

• Press Release
• Source: Dynamics Research Corporation
• On 8:01 am EDT, Wednesday August 26, 2009

ANDOVER, Mass., Aug. 26, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dynamics Research Corporation (Nasdaq:DRCO - News), a leading provider of innovative management consulting, engineering, and information technology services and solutions to federal and state governments, today announced it has been awarded seven task orders by the Army Research Institute (ARI) worth a total value of $2.1 million. Under the terms of these contracts, which on average have a period of performance of one to two years, DRC will evaluate training courses and materials and gauge their ability to train soldiers to achieve mission objectives.

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"DRC's 50-plus years of research and development experience will aid the ARI's efforts to improve soldiers' performance and increase unit mission effectiveness," said James P. Regan, DRC's chairman, president, and CEO. "These contracts represent a continued effort between ARI and DRC to couple emerging training technologies and methodologies with proven best practices for better force preparation and results."

DRC will target training to small unit Army leaders and apply lessons learned to develop realistic and relevant scenarios for training. Through a combination of research and analysis, DRC will provide ARI with the tools and techniques to develop, implement, and assess experiments that evaluate the effectiveness of new and innovative training approaches.

Services performed by DRC under these contracts include: evaluations of home station training tools for Company Intelligence Support Teams (CoIST), planning, implementing, and assessing performance improvement in Brigade Combat Teams, validating collective and individual task skills sustainment in the Future Force, assessing attention threat detection, appraising the tools and methods for home station training support, reviewing services to improve Master Gunner Course attrition rates, and assessing soldier-focused video-based training for expert performance. The contracts will be serviced out of DRC's Radcliff/Ft. Knox, Kentucky office.

About Dynamics Research Corporation

Dynamics Research Corporation (DRC) is a leading provider of mission-critical technology management services and solutions for government programs. DRC offers the capabilities of a large company and the responsiveness of a small company, backed by a history of excellence and customer satisfaction. Founded in 1955, DRC is a publicly held corporation (Nasdaq:DRCO - News) and maintains more than 25 offices nationwide with major offices in Andover, Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C region. For more information please visit our website at www.drc.com.

Safe harbor statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Some statements contained or implied in this news release, may be considered forward-looking statements, which by their nature are uncertain. Consequently, actual results could materially differ. For more detailed information concerning how risks and uncertainties could affect the company's financial results, please refer to DRC's most recent filings with the SEC. The company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information.

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