Micro Power Wins Orbital Sciences Award; Portable Power Company Honored for a Third Time by Space Launch Manufacturer

Business Wire, Sept 27, 2005

HILLSBORO, Ore. -- Micro Power, the global leader in portable power solutions for mission-critical equipment, today announced it earned the Component Supplier Award from Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB) as part of the company's launch vehicle systems Supplier Achievement Awards. Orbital's Launch Systems Group (LSG), which designs, develops, manufactures and operates a wide variety of rockets for space launch missions and missile defense applications, recognized Micro Power as one of three companies making outstanding contributions to Orbital-managed programs for military, civil government, commercial and international customers.

Micro Power supplies battery packs for Orbital's launch vehicle systems and earned the award based on its outstanding on-time delivery and focus on customer service. This is the third award Micro Power received from Orbital over the past several years. In 2002, Micro Power was recognized with the Extra Mile Award for benchmark service and support and received Orbital's Gold Award for Excellence in 2003.

"The primary objective of the award program is to forge strong partnerships between Orbital and its suppliers to ensure the highest quality and timely delivery of launch vehicle components and subsystems," said Luz Gonzalez, Director of Program Support. "This recognition process is part of a supplier development initiative that includes award selection based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses performed by LSG's integrated product teams, and Micro Power consistently receives high marks during this process."

"We always appreciate and value recognition from our customers," said Greg Love, Micro Power president and CEO. "This award reinforces our commitment to provide unwavering support and high-quality solutions to each of our clients."

Micro Power focuses on one of the electronics industry's fastest growing sectors -- power solutions for portable, handheld devices. The company's battery systems power close to 70 percent of all portable Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in the market today. Micro Power is a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) registered supplier of custom battery systems for portable medical equipment. The company also serves the Automatic Identification and Data Collection (AIDC), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) data management markets and portable sectors within the communication equipment market.

About Micro Power Electronics, Inc.

Micro Power Electronics, Inc. is an ISO 9001:2000 certified and FDA registered supplier of custom battery systems for the portable medical, rugged handheld computing, and data collection equipment markets. As a pioneer in the development of Lithium battery systems and smart battery packs, with nearly 20 years of experience developing battery solutions, Micro Power is capable of meeting the most challenging power requirements. With a proven track record of technical excellence, quality solutions and award-winning service, Micro Power has become the fastest growing supplier of custom battery systems in North America. For more information, please visit www.micro-power.com or call 800-576-6177.