Minerva Engineering Announces the Sole Source Award to retrofit the AN/TSQ-198A Tactical Terminal Control System (TTCS) onto the M1165A1 NMMVW with Be Armor kit for the US Army

Phoenix, Arizona - August 2009

Minerva Engineering announced that it has been awarded a sole source contract by the US Army Aviation and Missile Command (Aviation), Redstone Arsenal, AL for the redesign of the Tactical Terminal Control System (TTCS) for installation into the M1165A1 Up-Armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV).

Minerva Engineering will be responsible for all elements of the integration engineering resulting in a retrofit of the TTCS (AN/TSQ-198A) system allowing the US Army to perform the TTCS mission in the armored vehicle. These elements will include the design and integration/installation of prototype systems and functional capability testing of the new fully integrated TTCS system.

The work will be performed at Minerva Engineering’s Rapid Prototyping and Integration Facility (RPIF) located in Huntsville, AL.

Tony Burgett, Minerva Engineering's Manager for the Ground Systems Group located in Huntsville, AL and the Program Manager for this effort commented that "We are very excited to be working with PM ATC in continuing our support to the TTCS program. I believe that the final fully integrated up-armored system will improve the Warfighters’ effectiveness and personal security better enabling them to complete their mission while addressing the changes in enemy tactics within the hostile areas of operation. It’s my opinion that this new up-armored system is a “must have” for our Warfighter’s and we a very happy to be a member of the team providing these substantial improvements for the TTCS program”.

Minerva Engineering became a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) in January, 2000. PL 108-183 (FAR Subpart 19) establishes SDVOSB set-aside authority for government agencies and prime contractor, contract managers to award sole-source contracts or to restrict competition for new contracts to SDVOSBs.

Minerva Engineering provides systems engineering, software engineering and electro-mechanical integration and prototyping services for government space systems and C4ISR tactical systems and components. Minerva Engineering is a private company founded in 1997 and maintains its corporate headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, with offices in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Washington DC and Huntsville, AL.