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Arotech’s FAAC Incorporated
receives Subcontract Valued at
$12.8 million to help support US Army Common Driver
Trainer Mobile Training Facilities
June
22, 2009 - FAAC Incorporated, part of Arotech Corporation’s
(NasdaqGM: ARTX) Training and Simulation Division, has received
a subcontract valued at $12.8M for Mobile Training Facilities (MTF)
as part of the US Army’s Common Driver Trainer (CDT) Program.
Under subcontract to Science Applications International Corporation
(SAIC) (NYSE: SAI), the prime contractor for the Army’s Common
Driver Trainer (CDT) program, FAAC’s effort covers the design
and development of a mobile, trailer–mounted, solution for
CDT and the production of thirteen units. The CDT Mobile Training
Facilities will be delivered to SAIC, who is adding the capability
for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) training prior to fielding.
The FAAC-supplied CDT MTF provides the complete
CDT infrastructure in a mobile configuration – consisting
of computational environment, full-motion platform, visual display
system, and instructor/after-action-review stations. The custom
53-foot trailer is designed with expandable sides to provide the
necessary space for CDT operations, along with complete self-contained
HVAC & power generation or optional shore power connection.
The CDT MTF is compatible with FAAC’s previously-delivered
CDT Stryker Variant crew station and the SAIC-developed MRAP cab.
FAAC has been working CDT MTF since receiving
authorization to proceed from SAIC in October 2008, in response
to the U.S. Army PEO Simulation, Training and Instrumentation’s
(PEO STRI) urgent need requirement to provide CDT Mobile Training
Facility (MTF) systems to the U.S. Army.
“The Army provided an aggressive timeline
for production delivery of the first-ever full motion Common Driver
Simulator in a mobile configuration to make much-needed operator
training available to our soldiers deploying as soon as possible,”
noted Kurt Flosky, FAAC Executive Vice President. “We are
proud to have completely satisfied the Army’s expectations
for the first CDT MTF units and to be in position to support SAIC
in accelerated deliveries of this urgent operational training asset.”
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, F-22, and F-35 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.
Contact
For more information on FAAC Incorporated and
military products, please contact Todd Glenn at 1.352.343.6606 (todd.glenn@faac.com),
or visit FAAC’s website at www.faac.com.
For more information on Arotech or investor
and public relations, please contact Victor Allgeier, TTC Group,
1.646.290.6400, vic@ttcominc.com
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