Princeton, NJ
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ November
16, 2007 – Mikros Systems Corporation (OTCBB: MKRS -
News), announced today
significant increases in revenues, gross margin and net income for
the nine months ended September 30, 2007. Year to date, revenue
from contracts increased from $1,576,283 to $ 2,303,142, a gain of
46%, gross margin increased from $636,418 to $934,429, a gain of
47%, and net income increased from $96,799 to $164,408, a gain of
70%. For the three months ended September 30, 2007, revenue from
contracts increased from $626,290 to $663,256, a gain of 6%, gross
margin increased from $260,354 to $301,024, a gain of 16%, and net
income was $13,796 compared to $78,689 in 2006. The reduction in
profitability for the third quarter resulted primarily from
increased current expenses which are expected to provide material
benefits in future periods and position the Company well for future
growth. These expenses included investments related to the
retention of new engineering employees and consultants and costs
related to proposal work and business development. In addition, in
order to insure compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act, the Company incurred a number of one time consulting, legal and
accounting fees.
Chief Executive
Officer Tom Meaney stated, “We are extremely excited about our
financial performance so far this year and are even more excited
about our prospects for future growth. We have a record contract
backlog of nearly $4 million and we continue to execute contracts in
a profitable manner. We have nearly doubled the amount of cash and
cash equivalents on hand since last year. Our ADEPT®
program continues to meet or exceed expectations on all fronts; our
Radar Wireless Spectral Efficiency (RWSE) is gaining momentum and we
continue to land meaningful SBIR awards. We believe these will all
be huge drivers of future revenue growth and profits.”
Operational
Highlights For the Period Ended September 30, 2007 Include:
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Mikros’ flagship ADEPT® program
continues to be well supported by the Navy customer and members
of Congress. The new lightweight unit is ready for production
after having passed extensive environmental tests. Results from
land-based and shipboard testing aboard the USS San Jacinto have
been very encouraging and The San Jacinto has requested that the
ADEPT equipment be kept on the ship permanently. Current
recommendations from the fleet are for three ADEPT units
per ship for Aegis cruisers and two per ship for Aegis
destroyers, representing a total potential market of 84 ships in
the Aegis fleet.
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The Navy has encouraged Mikros to extend ADEPT to
other shipboard equipment and other platforms, such as
amphibious ships, aircraft carriers, submarines, and the Coast
Guard, as well as to Allied fleets with over 100 ships.
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The Radar Wireless Spectral Efficiency (RWSE)
program with SPAWAR continued to progress. The original
$750,000 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase 2
contract was recently increased by $900,000 to apply Mikros’
technology to the Secure Wireless Program on Navy amphibious
ships supporting the US Marines. Mobilisa, Inc. (Port Townsend,
WA) is the Company’s strategic partner in this effort, which
leverages many years of their wireless software experience. The
Navy has announced plans to continue this effort well into
calendar 2009.
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Mikros is also applying its innovative and
proprietary wireless software technology to the analysis of
weapon data links, under a $750,000 US Navy Phase 2 SBIR
contract.
Recent SBIR awards
have been equally exciting and are also expected to contribute to
Mikros’ continued growth. The Radiation Hazard program, with
Mobilisa as the prime contractor, is developing software tools to
analyze radiation hazards to personnel. Mikros recently submitted a
Phase 2 proposal to the Air Force which if successful, may also have
commercial applications. The Company’s most recent new contract, a
Navy Phase 1 SBIR program to design an innovative new communications
buoy platform, also has potential applications in the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Coast Guard. The buoy is
designed to allow submarines to communicate with external forces
while continuing its mission at speed and depth. This award is the
result of combining Mikros communications and systems capabilities
and subcontractor
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT, Pennington, NJ) expertise with
energy-harvesting “Power Buoys”. OPT has been developing and
delivering PowerBuoy® technology for the US Navy for many
years.
About
Mikros
Mikros Systems Corporation is an advanced technology company
specializing in the research and development of electronic systems
technology primarily for military applications. Classified by the
U.S. Department of Defense as a small business, its capabilities
include technology management, electronic systems engineering and
integration, radar systems engineering, combat/command, control,
communications, computers and intelligence systems engineering, and
communications engineering. Mikros’ primary business is to pursue
and obtain contracts from the Department of Homeland Security, U.S.
Navy, and other governmental authorities.
Source: Mikros Systems Corporation
CONTACT: Thomas
J. Meaney 609-987-1513
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limited to, changes in business conditions, changes in our sales
strategy and product development plans, changes in the marketplace,
continued services of our executive management team, our limited
marketing experience, competition between us and other companies
seeking SBIR grants, competitive pricing pressures, market
acceptance of our products under development, delays in the
development of products, statements of assumption underlying any of
the foregoing, and other factors disclosed in our annual report on
Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2006 and other filings
with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
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