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ENSCO Wins Contract to Provide Track Inspection Services to WMATA

Springfield, Va., August 28, 2007 — ENSCO announced today it has been awarded a new multi-year transportation contract to provide track inspection services for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). ENSCO has been providing rail technologies to government and commercial rail customers for more than three decades. This new contract represents a strategic effort to expand ENSCO’s transit rail services.

Track Inspection Services for WMATA

WMATA awarded ENSCO’s rail group a multi-year contract to provide track geometry and rail profile testing services for Metro’s mainline, yard and third rail track. Additionally, this service will be performed using ENSCO’s latest inspection service truck, and commences our entry into the hy-rail track geometry test market.

“Providing track inspection services to WMATA, one of the nation’s largest transit systems, is a great opportunity for ENSCO. ENSCO feels honored to provide rail safety services to this transit authority,” said ENSCO Vice President Kevin Kesler. “Their commitment to track safety is our commitment to track safety.”

The ENSCO Track Geometry Measurement System (TGMS) has been used on railways throughout the world, including the systems ENSCO currently provides and operates for the United States Federal Railroad Administration on their vehicles for monitoring compliance with Federal Track Safety Standards. ENSCO offers track inspection services to transit and freight properties throughout North America. The system makes use of non-contact measurement techniques to evaluate all track geometry parameters as well as rail profile measurements. The system can collect, store and evaluate all required data on any required test vehicle operating at speeds up to the maximum allowable track/vehicle speed. Evaluation is made by comparing measured geometry conditions with applicable standards for non-compliance as provided by the customer.

About ENSCO’s Rail Transportation Group

For more than 30 years, ENSCO’s team of engineers has been leading the rail industry in developing new, advanced technologies for transportation. ENSCO systems help customers improve the safety, security and quality of their operations. As an active member of the railroad and transit research communities, ENSCO is committed to the creation, development and application of new technology to improve rail safety and performance. Automated and autonomous inspection systems, Web-based data management systems, vehicle dynamics analysis and simulations, large-scale systems integration and other new products and services. The ENSCO name represents the rail industry’s premier source for track inspection, vehicle/track interaction monitoring and railroad asset management technology. The ENSCO-developed line covers technologies for every phase of rail operations.

About ENSCO, Inc.

ENSCO, Inc. provides engineering, science and advanced technology solutions for the defense, security, transportation, environment, and aerospace industries. Founded in 1969, ENSCO is a $100 million, 850-person, privately owned corporation. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., ENSCO has major offices in Springfield, Va., Endicott, N.Y., Melbourne, Fla. and Cocoa Beach, Fla.; field offices throughout the United States; and sales representative offices in China, Israel, the United Kingdom and throughout central and eastern Europe.
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