Mikros
Systems Corporation Announces Results for the Year Ended December
31, 2008
Princeton, NJ
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ March 31, 2009 – Mikros Systems Corporation
(OTCBB: MKRS) announced its financial results for the year ended
December 31, 2008.
Fiscal Year 2008 Highlights
- Total contract revenues
increased to $3,098,264
- Cash and cash equivalents
increased 50% to $608,530
- Cash provided from
operations increased 10% to $203,973
- Awarded Navy Seaport-e
Contract
- Established new
partnerships with Ocean Power Technologies and LM Ericsson
- Navy plans to install
ADEPT on all Aegis ships, and orders 2 pre-production units delivered to USS
Bunker Hill (CG-52)
- Navy awards Mikros
$800,000 contract for ADEPT units and logistics support
- Navy selects Mikros and
AIRchitect-EMC for wireless installs aboard LHD and CVN ships, awards
$150,000 for wireless planning efforts
- Henry Silcock promoted to
Chief Technology Officer and Marc Dalby promoted to Vice President, Business
Development and Program Management
Mikros continued to make good progress
during fiscal year 2008, as evidenced by maintaining stable revenues in a tough
global market environment. We improved cash flow from operations and increased
our cash position. We also increased investments in business development,
marketing, employee development and incentive-based compensation. The Company
continues to establish new relationships with industry-leading partners. We were
also awarded a new contract for Seaport-e and are anticipating significant new
contract awards for ADEPT in 2009.
“We expect these relationships and
contracts to provide added flexibility allowing us to secure additional
development and procurement opportunities with our customers for ADEPT, as well
as our wireless and buoy programs. Our engineering and management team is
experienced, understands our corporate vision, and we are poised for new growth.
We opened an office in Largo, Florida near our ADEPT chassis manufacturer in
anticipation of future production orders from the Navy, and our wireless
programs have expanded to include customers and partners in the government and
commercial markets. Our foray into autonomous power buoys provides us with
additional revenue channels in the undersea warfare and homeland security
markets,” stated Mikros President, Tom Meaney. “We are excited about the future
and look forward to an exciting year for Mikros in 2009.”
Operational Review
The Company has diligently worked on
ADEPT development and marketing while also focusing on its long-term projects
with other strategic customers. Mikros has made steady advances in a number of
ongoing projects, including:
- ADEPT – Mikros has
completed all logistics requirements for fleet insertion and is completing a
review of the calibration plans for ADEPT within the Navy Metrology program.
Development and testing of the ADEPT software and interfaces are on-going,
with a final release scheduled for August 2009. Mikros engineers recently
completed a comprehensive security review of the ADEPT interfaces to Navy
shipboard networks culminating in permission to attach ADEPT to secure
networks aboard selected Navy ships for the fleet exercise, Trident Warrior
2009. We will demonstrate the Distance Support capabilities of the system
during this important Navy experiment.
At this time, the Navy plans to
install at least 2 ADEPT units on each Aegis Cruiser and Destroyer. As a
result, Mikros is anticipating an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity
(IDIQ) contract award in 2009. This will facilitate ADEPT procurement,
life-cycle support, and additional development for Aegis ships and other
radar and electronic systems. Mikros’ business development team is actively
marketing ADEPT capabilities to Navy managers for the Littoral Combat ship,
Aegis international programs, and other radars and electronic systems, such
as the AN/SPS-49, AN/SPQ-9B, AN/SPS-74, and AN/SLQ-32. Mikros is also
beginning to uncover promising markets for ADEPT in support of radar and
complex electronic systems found in the U.S. Army and Air Force.
- WIRELESS PROGRAMS –
Mikros engineers continue development on the Network Vulnerability to
Electronic Attack (NVEA) application for Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons
Division (NAWCWD), located in China Lake, CA. The technical objective of
this project is to develop simulation models that can be used to predict the
performance of data links in a jamming environment. Mikros continues to
drive development of the AIRchitect-EMC tool developed for wireless planning
in shipboard environments. This development is supported by
Intellicheck-Mobilisa, the Company’s partner and subcontractor in the
effort. Mikros recently received an updated version of the software and
will be using this new version for ongoing wireless planning of new Navy
aircraft carriers.
Mikros has also partnered with LM
Ericsson to market mobile cellular systems to the government market. The
Company is jointly pursuing applications for this technology with the U.S.
Marine Corps and National Guard with the objective of generating future
contract awards for systems integration and logistics work.
- AUTONOMOUS POWER BUOYS
– As part of the option for our Phase I Small Business Innovative Research
(SBIR) effort sponsored by the Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems
Command (SPAWAR), Mikros recently submitted additional analysis discussing
the feasibility of small autonomous buoys capable of generating power from
ocean waves. The Company foresees additional interest in this technology by
the Navy undersea warfare community and is preparing to submit a response to
anticipated Phase II SBIR requests.
Financial Review
At December 31, 2008, Mikros had cash
and cash equivalents amounting to $608,530 and net working capital of $554,352.
In 2008, the Company generated $203,973 of cash provided from operating
activities compared to $185,873 in 2007.
Total contract revenues in 2008 were
$3,098,264 compared to $3,078,492 in 2007, an increase of $19,772 or .6%. Based
on current backlog and outstanding bids, the Company expects revenue to increase
in future periods.
Costs of sales were $1,628,388 in 2008
compared to $1,828,184 in 2007, a decrease of $199,796 or approximately 10.9%.
The decrease is the result of substantially lower subcontract and other direct
costs.
Engineering expenses were $578,105 in
2008 compared to $436,104 in 2007, an increase of $142,001 or 32.6%. The rise
in engineering costs for 2008 was primarily due to increased investments in
employee-related costs.
General and administrative (G&A)
expenses were $761,428 in 2008 compared to $651,155 in 2007, an increase of
$110,273 or 16.9%. The rise in G&A expenses in 2008 was primarily due to
increased investments in independent research and development and employee
incentive compensation. Mikros also increased investments in business
development and marketing for 2008, which resulted in higher proposal efforts
and administrative labor costs. The Company also realized non-cash costs
related to stock option compensation.
In 2008, income from operations was
$130,343 as compared to $163,049 in 2007. The decrease of $32,706 or 20.1% was
primarily attributable to a delay in receiving contracts from the Federal
Government and increased operating expenses referred to above
Net income for 2008 was $55,099 as
compared to $165,811 in 2007, a decrease of $110,712 or 66.8%. The decrease is
primarily due to an increase in income tax expense in 2008 and the changes in
income from operations discussed above.
Additional information may be found in
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008
filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Form 10-K may be
accessed at www.sec.gov or at the Company's website at
www.mikros.us.
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. For more information on
Mikros visit:
www.mikros.us
Source: Mikros Systems Corporation
CONTACT: Thomas J. Meaney - (609) 987-1513
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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, 2007 and other filings
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