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Arotech’s FAAC Incorporated
expands USMC Operator Driving Simulator to include Mine Resistant
Ambush Protected (MRAP) Buffalo Vehicle Operator Training –
Contract Modification Valued at $2.8M
June
12, 2008 - FAAC Incorporated, part of Arotech Corporation’s
(NasdaqGM: ARTX) Training and Simulation Division, has received
a contract modification to add Buffalo vehicle driver training capability
to the USMC Operator Driving Simulator System (USMC ODS). The modification,
valued at $2.8M, includes simulation of the Buffalo vehicle operations,
kits to add Buffalo capability to 42 simulators, as well as funding
for three additional dual-simulator trailer systems. A total of
21 systems have been procured as part of FAAC’s contract with
the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command, Program Manager for Training
Systems (PM TRASYS) for the development and acquisition of operator
training systems.
The Buffalo is a mine-resistant, route clearance
vehicle that is used to identify and help dispose of discovered
mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). With this addition,
the USMC ODS can be configured to train MRAP Buffalo, MRAP Cougar
Cat I, MK-23 (with and without Armor kit), and up-armored HMMWV
driving operations.
“The USMC ODS has been able to systematically
address the urgent training requirements as they arise. This contract
first addressed up-armored HMMWV operation, then Cougar MRAP vehicles,
and now the Buffalo route clearance vehicle,” stated Kurt
Flosky, FAAC Executive Vice President. “The ability to easily
and quickly add new training capability to the USMC ODS provides
for a long-term training solution that adapts to meet changing training
needs.”
About Arotech’s Training and Simulation
Division
Arotech’s Training and Simulation Division
(ATSD) provides world-class simulation based training solutions.
ATSD develops, manufactures, and markets advanced high-tech multimedia
and interactive digital solutions for engineering, use-of-force,
and driver training simulations for military, law enforcement, security,
municipal and private industry personnel. The division’s fully
interactive driver-training systems feature state-of-the-art vehicle
simulator technology enabling training in situation awareness, risk
analysis and decision-making, emergency reaction and avoidance procedures,
and conscientious equipment operation. The division’s use-of-force
training products and services allow organizations to train their
personnel in safe, productive, and realistic environments. The division
provides consulting and developmental support for engineering simulation
solutions. The division also supplies pilot decision-making support
software for the F-15, F-16, F-18, and JSF aircraft, as well as
simulation models for the ACMI/TACTS air combat training ranges.
Arotech’s Training and Simulation Division
consists of FAAC Incorporated (www.faac.com), IES Interactive Training
(www.ies-usa.com), and Realtime Technologies, Inc. (www.simcreator.com).
About Arotech Corporation
Arotech Corporation is a leading provider of quality defense and
security products for the military, law enforcement and homeland
security markets, including multimedia interactive simulators/trainers,
lightweight armoring and advanced zinc-air and lithium batteries
and chargers. Arotech operates through three major business divisions:
Training and Simulation, Armor, and Battery and Power Systems.
Arotech is incorporated in Delaware, with corporate
offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and research, development and production
subsidiaries in Alabama, Michigan, and Israel. For more information
on Arotech, please visit Arotech’s website at www.arotech.com.
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