ANT Anteon Intl Corp

Anteon International Corporation (NYSE:ANT) announced today the appointment of Rear Admiral Kenneth D. Slaght (ret.) as Group Senior Vice President, Systems Integration. In this role - and based out of Anteon's office in San Diego, California - Ken Slaght will oversee all of Anteon's systems integration for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) in support of the U.S. Navy. Previously, Slaght served as Commander of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR). "We are pleased to welcome retired Rear Admiral Ken Slaght to the Anteon executive team," stated Dan Johnson, Anteon's chief operating officer. "As a former SPAWAR commander, he provides our organization with vast experience and strong insights that will continue to increase our support for the U.S. Navy." At SPAWAR, Rear Admiral Ken Slaght was responsible for providing information technology and space systems for naval and joint services. Additionally, he served as the chief engineer for command, control, communications, computer, and intelligence systems (C4I). Slaght was also responsible for engineering and assessing FORCEnet, the foundation of the Navy's Seapower 21 network-centric warfare vision. During his naval career, Rear Admiral Ken Slaght served as Commander of the ammunition ship USS FLINT (AE 32). He received his commission upon graduation from the United States Naval Academy and he also attended the Defense Systems Management College and the Naval Destroyer School, as well as the Naval Post Graduate School where he received a Masters Degree in Computer Systems Management. About Anteon Anteon, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, is a leading information technology company serving the U.S. Federal government and international customers. Anteon designs, integrates, maintains, and upgrades state-of-the-art systems for national defense, intelligence, homeland security, and other high priority government missions. Anteon provides numerous government clients with the systems integration, strategy and program management, systems engineering, operations services, and simulation and training skills necessary to manage the development and operations of their mission critical systems. The Company was founded in 1976 and currently employs over 9,500 employees in more than 100 offices worldwide. Anteon consistently ranks among the top information technology integrators based on independent surveys, and has been named to the Forbes List of the 400 Best Big Companies in 2006, earning distinction on the Forbes Platinum List. Anteon is listed on the Standards & Poor's MidCap 400 Index. For more information, visit www.anteon.com. Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements contained in this release which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in, or implied by, forward-looking statements. The Company has tried, whenever possible, to identify these forward-looking statements using words such as "projects," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "plans," "intends," and similar expressions. Similarly, statements herein that describe the Company's business strategy, outlook, objectives, plans, intentions or goals are also forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties involving forward- looking statements include the Company's dependence on continued funding of U.S. government programs, government contract procurement and termination risks, including risks associated with bid protests, and other risks described in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. These statements reflect the Company's current beliefs and are based upon information currently available to it. Be advised that developments subsequent to this release are likely to cause these statements to become outdated with the passage of time. The Company does not currently intend, however, to update the guidance provided today prior to its next earnings release.