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Arotech’s FAAC Subsidiary
receives $1.2M Award
from the Maryland Aviation Administration to
Manufacture Advanced Airport Driver Training Simulator
February
27, 2008 - Arotech Corporation (NasdaqGM: ARTX) announced today
that its Training and Simulation Division, through its FAAC Incorporated
subsidiary, has been awarded a $1.2 million contract from the Maryland
Aviation Administration (MAA). Through an exhaustive search process,
the MAA has chosen FAAC to build a custom driver training simulator
to provide training for on-field emergency responders and ground
support personnel at the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood
Marshall Airport (BWI).
FAAC will produce an advanced driver training
simulator that will closely replicate a variety of emergency and
ground support vehicles. Simulated vehicles will include unique
emergency response apparatus, state-of-the-art snow removal equipment,
and other ground support vehicles. The effort includes a fully interactive
virtual representation of BWI airfield to empower operators to train
within their specific airport environment.
“Simulation training is especially important
in the airport environment,” explained Carlos Rece, Director,
Maintenance and Utilities at BWI Thurgood Marshal Airport. “Airport
traffic, ground support, and emergency response operators work in
a highly regulated environment with extensive rules regarding the
movement of their vehicles. It is also difficult to find a window
of opportunity to train on airport property with actual vehicles.
There is no safer or more effective training method for airport
personnel than this driver training simulator.”
“Historically, FAAC has been a leader
in state-of-the-art training simulators – to include airport
operations,” said David Bouwkamp, FAAC Executive Director
of Business Development. “This award exemplifies the renewed
interest airport authorities have in ground support driver training
simulation. We expect to leverage our past experiences and on-going
dedication to customer satisfaction as we work with BWI on this
product, setting the standard for airport ground vehicle operator
training simulators.”
“FAAC was a pioneer in providing simulation
solutions to airports to facilitate training personnel in adverse
conditions in the late 90’s and we are excited to continue
the evolution of this product line as part of this project,”
noted Kurt Flosky, Arotech Training & Simulation Division Executive
Vice President. “We are pleased to provide the Baltimore/Washington
International Thurgood Marshall Airport with FAAC’s simulators,
which we are confident will enhance training and make for a safer
and more efficient airport,” concluded Flosky.
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
Inc. (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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on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, as amended,
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