KBR Names Technology Senior Vice President

Houston, Texas - July 21, 2008 - KBR (NYSE:KBR) today announced John Derbyshire as the Company's Senior Vice President for KBR's Technology business unit. Based in Houston, Derbyshire's responsibilities include commercial management, sales, marketing, strategy and acquisitions.

"I am confident that under John's leadership, he and his team will continue to position KBR as a leader in the Technology marketplace," said Tim Challand, President, Technology. "His commercial operations and sales experience will be a key asset to the Technology business unit and KBR as well."

Derbyshire joined KBR this year, serving as Vice President, Commercial Management. Prior to joining KBR, he served as Vice President and General Manager, Global Solution Business at Invensys Process Systems. In his role at Invensys, Derbyshire had oversight of a $180 million, 500 person global business unit that provided engineering and asset management technology, software systems and related professional services to the process and power industries.

KBR is a global engineering, construction and services company supporting the energy, petrochemicals, government services and civil infrastructure sectors. The company offers a wide range of services through its Downstream, Government and Infrastructure, Services, Technology, Upstream and Ventures business segments. For more information, visit www.kbr.com.

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