Mikros Systems Corporation (OTCBB: MKRS),
Princeton, New Jersey, April 5, 2005 -- Mikros Systems Corporation is
pleased to report the results for the year ended December 31, 2004. The
Company’s revenues were approximately $1,044,000 with net income of
approximately $92,000 compared to $231,000 in revenues in 2003 with a
net loss of approximately $114,000. The Company’s current backlog is
approximately $2,000,000.
In June 2004, the Company was awarded a Small
Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract from the Office of
Naval Research. Valued at approximately $100,000, the contract is for
researching and evaluating techniques to minimize interference between
U.S. Navy radars and commercial wireless communication systems. A final
report and proposal for a Phase II program was submitted in January
2005. The Company is anticipating a Navy invitation for a Phase II
proposal.
In September 2004, the Company was awarded an
SBIR Phase III contract from the Naval Weapons Center Dahlgren Division,
Dahlgren, VA, valued at approximately $2,400,000. The contract is to
complete the development and to begin initial production of an
intelligent test tool for naval radars. The Multi-Function Distributed
Analysis Tool (MFDAT) has been designed by the Company under a
$1,000,000 SBIR Phase II contract, which began in August 2003. This
Phase II contract will be complete in 2005 with all of the follow-on
development and production being contained on the Phase III contract.
Under the SBIR regulations, Mikros will retain exclusive intellectual
property rights to the new design for five years after the completion of
the Phase III contract.
We believe this product has wide applications to
other Naval and Department of Defense radars as well as commercial
radars (FAA) and other complex electronic equipment such as radio and TV
stations, cell phone stations, and airline maintenance equipment.
Under
this MFDAT Phase III program, the Company has subcontracted the
manufacturing to DRS Laurel Technologies in Johnstown, PA. A contract
for $876,000 has been awarded by Mikros to DRS Laurel Technologies.
This new equipment is to be marketed under the ADEPT®
(Adaptive Diagnostic Electronic Portable Testset) product name, and is
planned for installation in the US Navy’s Aegis Cruisers.
Mikros has also teamed with In-Phase
Technologies, Inc. in Clarksburg, NJ, for software support under the
program.
Mikros
signed a lease for 4,000 sq. ft. of R&D Research Center in Conshohocken,
PA. The Company’s technical team currently consists of four engineers.
The Company intends to increase technical staffing over the next several
months in order to execute the new backlog.
The Company is currently in the process of
improving its website (www.Mikros.us)
in order to provide more timely information for shareholders, as well as
customers and potential investors.
Mikros Systems Corporation is a high technology
company focused upon the development and application of new technologies
in the defense industry and commercial markets.
Source: Mikros Systems
Corporation
CONTACT: Thomas J. Meaney -
(609) 987-1513
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are "forward-looking statements" intended to qualify for the safe
harbors from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include, without
limitation, statements regarding technology under development,
strategies and objectives. The forward-looking statements include risks
and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the anticipated size
of and growth in the markets for the Company's products, the trends
favoring the use of the Company's proposed commercial products, the
anticipated demand for the Company's new products, the timing of
development and implementation of the Company's new product offerings,
the utilization of such products by the Company's clients and trends in
future operating performance, and other factors not within the Company's
control. The factors discussed herein and expressed from time to time
in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
could cause actual results and developments to be materially different
from those expressed in or implied by such statements. The
forward-looking statements made herein are only made as of the date of
this press release and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly
update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or
circumstances.