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Arotech Subsidiary FAAC
Inc Receives
$2.2 Million of Orders in May
New contracts and contract extensions
for military and commercial applications
May
27, 2004 - Arotech Corporation (NasdaqNM: ARTX) announced today
that its FAAC subsidiary has received contracts and contract extensions
totaling $2.24M during the month of May. The contracts include the
sale of driving simulator related products as well as several military
operation programs.
One of the contract extensions
for a transportable driving simulator came from the Center For Transportation
Studies (CTS) in Denver Colorado. The simulator is the seventh simulator
that CTS has ordered. CTS provides turnkey driver training services
featuring FAAC simulators combined with classroom training and live
driving.
“The on-going relationship
between CTS and FAAC has been very positive for both sides,”
noted Al Jordan, FAAC President. “CTS provides excellent curriculum
based training, and some of their customers may later purchase their
own simulator from FAAC.”
“Contract awards in May are
tracking pretty closely with our projections for the year,”
said Robert S. Ehrlich, Arotech Chairman and CEO. “We foresee
continuing sales growth in all of our sectors – commercial
driving simulators, military driving simulators and our niche military
operations areas.”
About FAAC Inc.
FAAC Incorporated has been providing
high fidelity training and simulation products to it's military
and commercial customer base for over 30 years. FAAC supplies driving
simulators for training operators of automobiles, trucks, police/fire/EMS
vehicles, bus drivers, light rail operators, and airport ground
vehicles. Over 80,000 drivers have been trained on FAAC's installed
base of 173 driving simulators. FAAC also provides pilot decision-making
support software for the F-15, F-18, and JSF aircraft as well as
simulation models for the ACMI/TACTS air combat training ranges.
About Arotech Corporation
Arotech Corporation provides quality defense
and security products for the military, law enforcement and homeland
security markets, including advanced zinc-air and lithium batteries
and chargers, multimedia interactive simulators/trainers and lightweight
vehicle armoring.
The Battery and Power Systems Division includes
Electric Fuel Battery Corporation and Epsilor Electronic Industries.
The Simulation, Training and Consulting Division includes IES Interactive
Training, FAAC Incorporated and Arocon Security Consulting. The
Armored Vehicle Division includes MDT Armor Corp and MDT Protective
Industries Ltd.
Arotech is incorporated in Delaware, with corporate
offices in New York, and research, development and production subsidiaries
in Alabama, Colorado, Michigan 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; and other risk factors detailed in Arotech’s
most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2003 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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