(KEYW) Partners With University of Central Florida to Provide Big Data Visualization Framework

HANOVER, Md., June 5, 2014  — The KEYW Holding Corporation (Nasdaq:KEYW) announced today that its subsidiary, The KEYW Corporation, entered into a formal partnership with the University of Central Florida (UCF) formalizing teaming efforts focused on research and development in the critical cybersecurity domain. The newly signed agreement provides KEYW and UCF with a framework to work and collaborate on task orders related to big data visualization efforts.

By establishing this broad partnership with UCF, which is a recognized academic and research leader in numerous fields such as optics, modeling and simulation, engineering, digital media, and computer science, KEYW plans to further enhance its innovative, mission-oriented cyber social media initiatives.

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