Advanced Remote Communication Solutions Announces Appointment of New CEO.

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1999--

Advanced Remote Communication Solutions "ARCOMS" formerly BOATRACS (OTCBB:BTRK), announced today that Mr. Jon Gilbert requested of the Board of Directors that they accept his resignation as chief executive officer.

Gilbert feels the company would be better served if he focused his attention on strategic opportunities for ARCOMS. In his new role as Director of Strategic and Business Development, he will concentrate on the identification of new products and technologies as well as markets which require remote communication solutions. Gilbert will remain a member of the Board of Directors.

Michael Silverman, the chairman and founder of ARCOMS will assume the interim role of CEO. The company plans to begin a search for a new CEO.

Advanced Remote Communication Solutions (ARCOMS) is a global technology company delivering innovative and proprietary solutions to customers in specific markets for their remote information needs through its various business entities: BOATRACS, Enerdyne Technologies Inc. and Innovative Communications Technologies Inc. ("ICTI"). Products and services offered through these entities include customized software applications, cost-effective satellite communications solutions, near real-time vessel tracking, bandwidth-efficient multi-media satellite networks, e-mail technology and state-of-the-art real-time video compression products, multiplexing equipment and video monitoring services. ARCOMS' client base includes an impressive list of users within the government, transportation, military, marine, telecommunications and commercial markets.

ARCOMS is headquartered in San Diego, and has offices in Santee, Calif.; Gaithersburg, Md.; Gulfport, Miss.; and Leiden, the Netherlands. Further information about ARCOMS and its business units can be found at www.arcoms.com.

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