Printer Friendly
The Free Library
19,604,530 articles and books
Member login
User name  
Password 
 
Join us Forgot password?

Arotech's FAAC Subsidiary Delivers $850,000 of MB2000 Bus Simulators to LA, Pittsburgh; Brings Total Number of Systems Installed to 16 Simulators in 9 Cities.


Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2004

Arotech Corporation (NasdaqNM: ARTX) announced today that its FAAC FAAC Freeware Advanced Audio Coder
FAAC Ford Amateur Astronomy Club
FAAC Family Allergy and Asthma Care
FAAC Functional Area Agreement Coordinator (USAF)
FAAC Fatal Accident Assessment Committee
 subsidiary has delivered 2 more MB2000 Bus Simulators, valued at over $850,000. One simulator was installed at Port Authority of Allegheny County Port Authority of Allegheny County (also known as the Port Authority or sometimes by its former nickname PAT) is the second-largest public transit agency in Pennsylvania and the 11th-largest in the United States.  (Pittsburgh), and one at the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  Metropolitan Authority (LAMTA LAMTA Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (Los Angeles, CA) ). LAMTA has options for three additional MB2000 simulators.

Combined, the Pittsburgh and LA Simulators bring the total number of MB2000 bus simulators to 16, installed at 9 major transit authorities including New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, Washington DC, Houston, and Dallas.

The MB2000 is a full mission bus simulator that uses Computer Generated Imagery, including actual rear view mirrors, to present a highly realistic visual scene to the driver. The driver must interact with traffic and pedestrians under a variety of weather conditions. The MB2000 features a replica of each customer's bus type, including the New Flyer cab built for New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
 Transit.

"Our strong penetration in the US transit market will serve as a base for expanding into Europe," said Robert S. Ehrlich, Arotech Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Bus and light-rail simulation clearly reduces training cost and improves safety."

About FAAC

FAAC Incorporated (www.faac.com) has been providing high fidelity training and simulation products to its 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 (JavaServerFaces) A standard framework of components for building rich user interfaces for Java applications. JavaServer Faces run on the server, but are displayed on the client.

JSF - JavaServer Faces
 aircraft as well as simulation models for the ACMI/TACTS air combat training ranges.

About Arotech Corporation

Arotech Corporation (www.arotech.com) 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 (www.electric-fuel.com) and Epsilor Electronic Industries (www.epsilor.com). The Simulation, Training and Consulting Division includes IES Interactive Training (www.ies-interactive.com), FAAC Incorporated (www.faac.com) and Arocon Security Consulting (www.arocon-security.com). The Armored Vehicle Division includes MDT MDT
abbr.
Mountain Daylight Time


MDT (in the US and Canada) Mountain Daylight Time

MDT n abbr (US) (= mountain daylight time) →
 Armor Corp. (www.mdt-armor.com) and MDT Protective Industries Ltd. (www.mdtisrael.com).

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 The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  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 Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 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.
COPYRIGHT 2004 Business Wire
No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
Copyright 2004, Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.

 Reader Opinion

Title:

Comment:



 

Article Details
Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback
Publication:Business Wire
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Feb 26, 2004
Words:570
Previous Article:Mike Tanchuk Joins Century Aluminum of Kentucky LLC as VP - Operations; He Formerly Headed Alcoa's Northwest Region.
Next Article:Templeton Releases Closed-End Funds' Portfolio Allocation Updates.
Topics:



Related Articles
Driver Training Needs Spawn New Business Opportunities.
Driving simulators -- a true cost saver: for countries where fuel costs are negligible, the case for driving simulators may not be immediately...
Virtual trucks: the increasing use of driver trainers in civilian circles is having a direct affect upon current military training standards. For...
Arotech's FAAC Delivers First Full Mission Light Rail Simulator; Developed under $490,000 Contract with Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority.
Arotech Subsidiary FAAC Inc. Gets $1 Million Order for Bus Driver Training Simulator Complex in Flint, Michigan; Arotech's Backlog Exceeds $25...
Arotech Subsidiary FAAC Inc Completes US Army Driving Simulator Installations in South Korea and Germany; Arotech First Quarter Results Will Be...
Arotech Subsidiary FAAC Inc Receives $2.2 Million of Orders in May; New Contracts and Contract Extensions for Military and Commercial Applications.
Secretary Rumsfeld Takes a Drive on Arotech Subsidiary FAAC Simulator; Defense Secretary Was Tested on a Driving Simulator During a Visit Last Week...
Arotech Subsidiary FAAC Receives $1.3 Million in Orders for Driving Simulators and Incident Command Trainers; Simulators Designed to Train the...
Arotech's Simulation Technology Chosen by New York City Transit for Contract Valued at $1.96 Million.

Terms of use | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc. | Feedback | For webmasters | Submit articles