Minerva Engineering Joins Northrop Grumman's STSS Program

Phoenix, Arizona - Feb 28, 2003

Minerva Engineering announced today that is has joined Northrop Grumman's Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Program, formerly SBIRS-Low. The work is done exclusively out of Minerva Engineering's Washington DC Regional Office and consists of providing Systems Engineering and Requirements Engineering support across the entire Northrop Grumman STSS Program. Minerva Engineering's long history of support to space programs and SBIRS-Low in particular make this an ideal fit.

"We're extremely happy to be a part of Northrop Grumman's effort on the STSS program" said Robert La Bella, President of Minerva Engineering and Director of Systems Programs. "Minerva Engineering has a long history of providing quality Systems Engineering support to many different space programs including SBIRS-Low and plan on bringing the same innovative approaches to this effort as we have to others in the past."

Mr. La Bella also pointed out that like Northrop Grumman, Minerva Engineering has a rich history of innovative engineering and design approaches that are at times revolutionary. "That's why we believe we'll be able to make a significant contribution to Northrop Grumman's efforts - not only is it the high quality of the engineering staff supporting the effort, but opportunities for synergy abound in environments that foster creativity and innovation."

Minerva Engineering is a premier systems and software engineering firm specializing in innovative engineering and training solutions for large-scale, government and commercial, space-based and terrestrial communications, command and control, and encryption systems. With an experienced staff of engineers, software developers, scientists, and analysts, Minerva Engineering is a recognized leader in the areas of Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, and Specialty Engineering. Minerva Engineering was founded in 1997 and maintains its corporate headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, with several satellite offices throughout the United States.