Press Release dated 17 January 2000

Contact: Kirk Brown
703-437-7651

Email: rviewsales@sensor.com
http://www.sensor.com

Sensor Systems Announces New Commercial Marketing Director

Sterling, VA, January 17, 2000 – Sensor Systems is pleased to welcome David G. Mohr as a Director of Marketing focused on the commercial markets created by the advent of high resolution remote sensing platforms such as the new one-meter IKONOS satellite from Space Imaging.  Mr. Mohr will head up Sensor Systems’ new Colorado office and be responsible for the development of commercial markets as well as assisting in defining strategy, product positioning and product development.

Mr. Mohr comes to us after having served as Director of New Business Development with RESOURCE21, a commercial satellite remote sensing firm focusing on agricultural applications.  At RESOURCE21 Mr. Mohr was responsible for analyzing new potential markets, estimating market size, and generating product concepts.  While there he also managed the development of the RESOURCE21 business plan, which successfully attracted strategic investors.  Prior to that Mr. Mohr served with the Central Intelligence Agency in a variety of capacities, including technical intelligence analyst, technical operations officer, technical program manager in remote sensing programs and business advisor.  Mr. Mohr holds BS and MS degrees in aerospace engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as an MBA from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.  He has also studied at the University of Heidelberg and the Technical University of Munich in Germany.

“We are thrilled to have an individual of Dave’s caliber and experience join our team”, said Steve Huff, Chairman of Sensor Systems. “Dave’s experience at RESOURCE21 and his long term involvement in the remote sensing field will prove invaluable as Sensor Systems expands its world wide presence in the commercial remote sensing market created by the availability of new one-meter imaging satellites from companies like Space Imaging, EarthWatch and Orb Image. David is strategically located in Colorado to maximize our cooperative marketing efforts with these leading satellite imaging companies”.

Sensor Systems is a leading developer of software applications for the visualization and analysis of imagery from high-resolution satellites and other remote sensing sources.   The RemoteView product family provides solutions ranging from simple desktop viewers to sophisticated mapping, cartography and geodesy applications running on UNIX and NT platforms. Current users include government and commercial organizations around the world.