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Arotech's IES Interactive
Training Subsidiary Receives Over $500,000 in Orders from Colleges,
Academies and Police Departments
VAMC Academy Purchases A2Z Interactive
Classroom Trainers
November 25, 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 $500,000 for Range 3000 XP4 digital training simulators
and A2Z Interactive Classroom Trainers. Colleges, academies and police
departments nationwide have ordered IES training systems.
Colleges have long purchased Range
3000 XP4 digital training simulators for their Criminal Justice departments.
Most states allow colleges to conduct limited Law Enforcement training
for students who may later apply for employment as a police officer
or federal agent. Approximately 50 colleges nationwide are already using
IES Interactive training simulators.
The VAMC academy has purchased A2Z
Interactive Classroom Trainers, a computerized system which allows students
to interact with realistic interactive scenarios in a classroom setting.
The students, utilizing hand-held wireless keypads, can answer true/false,
yes/no and multiple-choice questions. The scenario can automatically
or manually branch to a virtually limitless variety of outcomes based
on the student's actions.
"The growing number of colleges
and police academies purchasing our systems clearly validates our leadership
in law enforcement training," said Robert S. Ehrlich, Arotech's
Chairman, President and CEO. "And the A2Z systems continue to increase
our reach into the classroom training market."
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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