Orlando, FL. – June 26, 2002 – Coalescent Technologies Corporation as part of the team led by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) was awarded a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to provide services support to the Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC), Quantico, VA, for research and development, acquisition, life-cycle support, and all related activities associated with fielding support equipment, weapons systems, and product improvements to the Fleet Marine Forces.

The team was one of twenty-two teams selected by the Acquisition Center for Support Services, Marine Corps Systems Command, for a prime award in the General Services Administration (GSA) schedule-based BPA, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity venture, which has an overall ceiling of $3 billion.

Some of the specific services the Northrop Grumman team will provide MCSC under the contract include professional IT services, acquisition support, systems analysis and design, information systems engineering and integration, network engineering, data/records management, information assurance, and IT standards development and management. Coalescent Technologies Corporation will focus its efforts in the systems analysis and design domain.

Northrop Grumman IT leads a diverse team of large, small, and small disadvantaged businesses, including woman-owned and veteran-owned businesses. Team members include: Advanced Engineering & Research Associates, Inc., Alexandria, VA; American Systems Corporation, Chantilly, VA; BAE Systems Applied Technologies, Inc., Rockville, MD; Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH; Bulldog Technical Services, LLC, Dumfries, VA; Booz-Allen & Hamilton, McLean, VA; Coalescent Technologies Corporation, Orlando, FL; Decision Engineering Group, Dumfries, VA; EG&G Technical Services, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD; Eagan McAllister Associates, Inc., Lexington Park, MD; LABBLEE Corporation, Cambridge, MA; MDA Technologies, Woodbridge, VA; Mentor Technologies, Inc., Lanham, MD;, MEVATEC, Huntsville, AL; MTC Services Corporation, Chula Vista, CA; MKI Systems, Inc., Woodbridge, VA; Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA; Stanley Associates, Alexandria, VA; and Titan Systems Corporation, San Diego, CA.

Northrop Grumman Information Technology is a premier provider of advanced IT solutions, engineering and business services for government and commercial clients. Headquartered in Herndon, the company’s expertise spans such areas as information systems integration; command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR); enterprise hardware and software solutions; training and simulation; base and range support; signals intelligence; space systems; health informatics; and specialized scientific, engineering and technical services.

Coalescent Technologies Corporation is a professional engineering and integration firm that delivers sophisticated engineering products and services to the Department of Defense, federal agencies, and commercial clients. Established in 1995, Coalescent is privately owned and operated with headquarters in Orlando, Florida.