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Arotech Armoring Subsidiary
MDT Awarded Contracts for Iraq
Four vehicles ordered – first
two for Embassy in Baghdad have been delivered
November 13, 2003 - Arotech
Corporation (NasdaqNM: ARTX) announced today that its MDT Protective
Industries vehicle-armoring subsidiary was awarded its first contracts
for armored vehicles for operation in Iraq, with two of these vehicles
for an embassy in Baghdad. Two other vehicles are being assembled for
delivery to Iraq later this year.
“Our armored vehicles have proven
themselves in battlefield conditions” said Robert S. Ehrlich,
Arotech Chairman and CEO. “MDT vehicles will help protect the
lives of those serving in Iraq.”
About MDT
MDT Protective Industries, Arotech's
Israel-based vehicle armoring subsidiary, is a leader in state-of the
art, lightweight armoring of vehicles. MDT armors vehicles ranging from
light tactical to passenger vehicles. MDT's vehicle armoring business
has years of battlefield experience and has provided life-saving protection
under the most extreme conditions, which include assault rifles and
bomb blasts.
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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