Minerva Engineering Announces New Contract with The Boeing Company for Engineering Services Supporting the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)

Phoenix, Arizona - November 10, 2003

Minerva Engineering today announced that it has been selected to participate in Boeing's JTRS Cluster I development effort. Minerva Engineering will be providing support in the area of software engineering and interface design.

"This represents a big step for us", said, Don Holmes, CEO for Minerva Engineering. "This work with Boeing represents a basis for further expansion in the region and with the Boeing Company. We've been working hard to cultivate a strong relationship with Boeing leadership in a number of different areas and are at this moment discussing teaming relationships on other programs and proposals."

Robert La Bella, President and Director of Systems Programs for Minerva Engineering, offered this insight: "Minerva Engineering believes that solid business relationships begin with people relating to other people in a way that allows everyone to achieve their goals. We've been working hard to understand Boeing's engineering needs and business motivations and believe that our ability to quickly satisfy some of their near-term needs will result in additional collaboration in the future."

Minerva Engineering is a premier systems and software engineering firm specializing in innovative systems and software engineering and training solutions for large-scale, government and commercial, space-based and terrestrial communications, command and control, and encryption systems. With a strong 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 including Columbia, Maryland.

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For inquiries on this contract, Mr. Robert La Bella, the Minerva Engineering NSETSII Program Manager, can be reached at 410-691-0560 x-101 or NSETSII@minervaengineering.com

Minerva Engineering, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, 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 Tempe, Arizona, with offices in Linthicum, MD, Huntsville, AL, Bristow, VA and Colorado Springs, CO.