Essex Intelligence Community Experts to Brief Wall Street COLUMBIA, Md., June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Essex Corporation (NASDAQ:KEYW), and C. E. Unterberg, Towbin announced that on June 14th they will sponsor a briefing entitled, "Emerging Challenges in Defense and Intelligence" presented by retired Generals Kenneth Minihan and Claudia Kennedy, who both serve on the Essex National Programs Advisory Board. Len Moodispaw, Essex President and CEO, commented, "This forum is an opportunity for investors to hear about current and future Defense and Intelligence needs as the U.S. builds information superiority in a complex environment and to understand how Essex solutions are positioned for significant growth within this and other markets." Lt. General Ken Minihan, USAF (ret), is the former Director of the National Security Agency (1996-1999) and the Defense Intelligence Agency (1996). He has 33 years of service for the national defense and military intelligence communities. He is a graduate of Florida State University, received his MBA from the Naval Postgraduate School, and is a graduate of the Harvard Executive Development Program. Lt. General Claudia J. Kennedy, USA (ret), is the first and only woman to ever receive this flag rank in the United States Army. General Kennedy has 32 years of service in military intelligence. She was the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, U.S. Army, from 1997 to 2000. Since then, she has been associated with Opportunity International, Volunteers of America, NeuralStem, Inc. and Essex Corporation. About Essex: Essex creates solutions for today's most advanced signal and image processing challenges, serving commercial, defense and intelligence customers. For more information contact Essex Corporation, 9150 Guilford Road, Columbia MD 21046; Phone 301.939.7000; Fax 301.953.7880; E-mail , or on the Web at http://www.essexcorp.com/. This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to risks, uncertainty and changes in circumstances, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from anticipated results, performance or achievements. All statements contained herein that are not clearly historical in nature are forward looking. The forward-looking statements in this release include statements addressing the following subjects: future financial condition and operating results. Economic, business, competitive and/or regulatory factors affecting Essex's businesses are examples of factors, among others, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. More detailed information about these and other factors is set forth in Essex's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2003. Essex is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Contacts: Essex Corporation C. E. Unterberg, Towbin Leonard E. Moodispaw Jennifer Deeney CEO & President 212.389.8056 301.939.7000 DATASOURCE: Essex Corporation CONTACT: Leonard E. Moodispaw, CEO & President of Essex Corporation, +1-301-939-7000, or Jennifer Deeney of C. E. Unterberg, Towbin, +1-212-389-8056 Web site: http://www.essexcorp.com/

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