THE NATIONAL AERONAUTIC AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION SELECTS SUPERCONDUCTIVE COMPONENTS, INC. FOR RESEARCH GRANT

COLUMBUS, Ohio - April 13, 1998 - Superconductive Components, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SCCI) today announced that it had been awarded a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant by the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a process to manufacture large superconductive discs for use in gravity modification experiments.

The program, titled ‘Demonstrate the Feasibility of fabricating a Dual Microstructure YBCO Toroid Suitable for Gravity Shielding Experiments’ links Superconductive Components, Inc. (SCI) with NASA and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Phase I award of $70,000 will fund work to be done at SCI to modify its existing processes to develop a superconductive toroid with a very specific microstructure. Work published by Russian scientist Eugene Podkletnov suggests that a YBCO disc with specialized features may be able, under laboratory conditions, to shield gravity waves. Phase II of the program, if approved by NASA, could be funded up to $600,000. Approximately one half of NASA Phase I awards result in Phase II contracts.

"We are pleased to have been selected by NASA through its peer review process, to do this work," said SCI Vice President, J.R. Gaines, Jr. "This award is a great acknowledgment of our technical strengths in YBCO Melt Texturing and the overall capability of our team. We are hopeful that this SBIR, which allows us to work closely with NASA on an extraordinary topic, will lead to significant technical breakthroughs, resulting in ongoing research and commercial sales."

The concept of Gravity Modification has been investigated by NASA and others for several months and has been the subject of a recent documentary by German public television. International attention has been focused on these experiments because the shielding of earth bound objects from the effects of gravity may radically alter the economics of space travel and transportation in general.

Superconductive Components, Inc., head quartered in Columbus, Ohio, manufactures ceramic superconductors for wire, electronic devices, such as cellular base stations, and frictionless bearing systems for energy storage and other rotating machinery. The company sells its product in the US and over 40 foreign countries. For more information contact J.R. Gaines, Jr., Vice President, at 614.486.0261.