URS Awarded Unmanned Aircraft System Contract by U.S. Air Force

Contract Has a Maximum Value of $95 Million to URS

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--URS Corporation (NYSE:URS) today announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) communications and maintenance support to the Air Force’s 432nd Wing at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada and the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. The five-year contract is valued at just over $95 million to URS.

Under the terms of the contract, URS will provide communications, operations and maintenance support, and design, development and sustainment services for Unmanned Aircraft System Operations Center Support (UASOCS) mission systems. This program provides critical data, voice interconnectivity and video relays to enable pilots and sensor operators to fly and control UASs from centers worldwide.

Commenting on the contract, Randall A. Wotring, President of Federal Services for URS, said: “We are pleased to have been selected by the U.S. Air Force for this important assignment, which expands our work supporting the command and control of remotely piloted aircraft in support of military unmanned aerial vehicle programs. URS currently also provides studies and analysis, engineering, maintenance, contract logistics support, command/control/communications, and beddown facilities services for leading UAS systems worldwide, and we look forward to continuing to support the military on this program.”

URS Corporation (NYSE: URS) is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world. The Company offers a full range of program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; and decommissioning and closure services. URS provides services for power, infrastructure, industrial and commercial, and federal projects and programs. URS Corporation has approximately 42,000 employees in a network of offices in more than 30 countries (www.urscorp.com).