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Arotech's IES Interactive
Training Subsidiary Receives over $400,000 in Orders from Nuclear Power
Plants
Dayton Police Academy Also Joins
Growing List of Police Academies Using IES Simulators
December 9, 2003 - Arotech Corporation
(NasdaqNM: ARTX) announced today that its use-of-force training subsidiary,
IES Interactive Training, Inc. has received purchase orders valued at
over $400,000 for Range 3000 XP4 digital training simulators. Three
more nuclear power plants have ordered IES training systems for training
their security staff.
Security in nuclear power plants has
been stepped up, and the three nuclear power plants that recently ordered
IES simulators are using them to train their security staff. In addition,
the Dayton, Ohio, Police Academy has also recently ordered new IES Range
3000 simulators.
"The importance of the training
security personnel is in part a result of growing awareness to security
issues relating to nuclear facilities," said Robert S. Ehrlich,
Arotech's Chairman, President and CEO. "These facilities clearly
appreciate our state of the art simulators and training systems."
IES Interactive training is a wholly
owned Arotech subsidiary. It has no relation to the Israeli I.E.S. Group,
which filed suit against Arotech. The suit, by mutual consent, has been
moved to binding arbitration before an arbitrator experienced in commercial
matters, where the Company intends to mount a vigorous defense, including
counterclaims.
About IES Interactive Training
IES Interactive Training, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Arotech Corporation, is a manufacturer of interactive
digital training solutions to corporations, government agencies, military
and law enforcement professionals around the globe. By providing unique
judgment-driven systems designed by an experienced team of professionals,
IES sets the standard for interactive simulation training. Flagship
products include the Range 3000 XP4, a multimedia simulator; the Range
FDU, advanced firearm diagnostics unit; and the A2Z Classroom Trainer
for interactive, real-time learning. For further information about IES,
please visit the company's Website at http://www.ies-usa.com.
About Arotech Corporation
Arotech's corporate mission is to
provide quality defense and security products for the military, law
enforcement and homeland security markets, including advanced zinc-air
batteries, multimedia interactive simulators/trainers and lightweight
armoring.
Arotech Corporation (www.arotech.com)
operates two business divisions: Electric Fuel Batteries - developing
and manufacturing zinc-air batteries for military and homeland security
applications and developing electric vehicle batteries for zero emission
public transportation; and Arotech Defense - consisting of IES Interactive,
which provides advanced high-tech multimedia training systems for law
enforcement and paramilitary organizations, MDT Armor, which provides
vehicle armoring for the military, industrial and private sectors, and
Arocon Security, which provides homeland security consulting and other
services.
Arotech is incorporated in Delaware
and has corporate and sales offices in New York and Denver with research,
development and production subsidiaries in Alabama, Colorado and Israel.
Except for
the historical information herein, the matters discussed in this news
release include forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as they
are subject to various risks and uncertainties that may cause actual
results to vary significantly. These risks and uncertainties include,
but are not limited to, risks relating to: product and technology development;
the uncertainty of the market for Arotech's products; changing economic
conditions; delay, cancellation or non-renewal, in whole or in part,
of contracts or of purchase orders; significant future capital requirements;
the outcome of the claims made by the I.E.S. Group; and other risk factors
detailed in Arotech's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 and other filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Arotech assumes no obligation to update the
information in this release. Reference to the Company's website above
does not constitute incorporation of any of the information thereon
into this press release.
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