Exhibit 99(a)(8)


                         TITAN COMPLETES EXCHANGE OFFER
                         FOR DATRON SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

         SAN DIEGO, CA - AUGUST 6, 2001 - THE TITAN CORPORATION (NYSE: TTN)
today announced the expiration of the exchange offer by its wholly owned
subsidiary, Gem Acquisition Corp., for all of the outstanding shares of Datron
Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: DTSI) common stock. The offer expired at midnight
New York time on Friday, August 3, 2001. All shares validly tendered (and not
properly withdrawn) prior to the expiration have been accepted for exchange and
will be exchanged promptly for Titan shares and for cash for fractional shares.

         Approximately 2,019,260 shares were tendered (including through notices
of guaranteed delivery) in the exchange offer prior to its expiration, which
constitutes approximately 71.9% percent of the total number of outstanding
shares of common stock of Datron. The pending merger of Datron and Gem
Acquisition Corp., Titan's merger subsidiary, will be completed as soon as
practicable subject to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and
Reorganization among Datron, Gem and Titan and subject to applicable legal
requirements. Once the pending merger becomes effective, Datron will become a
wholly owned subsidiary of Titan. The information agent for the exchange offer
is D.F. King & Co., Inc., 77 Water Street, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10005,
telephone 800-848-3409.

         Headquartered in San Diego, The Titan Corporation creates, builds and
launches technology-based businesses, offering innovative technical solutions.
Three of Titan's four core businesses develop and deploy communications and
information technology solutions and services. In addition, Titan's SureBeam
(Nasdaq: SURE) www.surebeamcorp.com subsidiary markets the leading technology
for the electronic pasteurization of food products and Titan is continually
identifying promising technologies suitable for commercialization.

         Founded in 1969 as a defense contractor, Datron has pioneered the
development of antennas to track airborne rockets, missiles, weaponry, and
spacecraft. Datron has developed expertise in remote sensing, image processing,
satellite tracking and antenna manufacturing with products including remote
sensing satellite earth stations, image processing software, tracking systems,
and voice and data communication radio products.

         A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed
with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. In
addition, The Titan Corporation has filed a Schedule TO, and Datron Systems
Incorporated has filed a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9
with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the transaction.
The Prospectus, Schedule 14D-9 and related tender offer materials have been
mailed to stockholders of Datron. These documents contain important information
about the transaction. Investors and security holders are urged to read these
documents carefully. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of
these documents through the website maintained by the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov. The registration statement may be obtained
free at the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov. The registration statement may also
be obtained for free from Titan by directing your request to Investor Relations
at www.titan.com or to The Titan Corporation, Investor Relations, 3033 Science
Park Road, San Diego, California 92121-1199, Attn: Rochelle R. Bold, Vice
President, Investor Relations, telephone number: (858) 552-9500. Free copies of
these documents may also be obtained from Datron Systems





Incorporated by directing a request to the Investor Relations section of
Datron's website at www.dtsi.com or by mail to Datron Systems Incorporated, 3030
Enterprise Court, Vista, CA 92083, attention, Investor Relations.

In addition to the Schedule TO, prospectus and Schedule 14D-9, Titan and Datron
file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other
information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may read and copy
any reports, statements or other information filed by Titan or Datron at the SEC
public reference room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 or at
any of the commission's other public reference rooms in New York, N.Y. and
Chicago, Ill. Please call the Securities and Exchange Commission at 800-SEC-0330
for further information on the public reference rooms. Titan's and Datron's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission are also available to the
public from commercial document-retrieval services and at the website maintained
by the commission at http://www.sec.gov.