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Arotech's IES Interactive Training Subsidiary Receives Over $500,000 in Orders from Colleges, Academies and Police Departments; VAMC Academy Purchases A2Z Interactive Classroom Trainers.


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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 25, 2003

Arotech Corporation (NasdaqNM: ARTX) announced today that its use-of-force training subsidiary, IES Interactive Training, Inc. has received purchase orders valued at over $500,000 for Range 3000 XP4 digital training simulators and A2Z Interactive Classroom Trainers. Colleges, academies and police departments nationwide have ordered IES training systems.

Colleges have long purchased Range 3000 XP4 digital training simulators for their Criminal Justice departments. Most states allow colleges to conduct limited Law Enforcement training for students who may later apply for employment as a police officer or federal agent. Approximately 50 colleges nationwide are already using IES Interactive training simulators.

The VAMC VAMC Veterans Affairs Medical Center
VAMC Veterans Administration Medical Center
VAMC Virginia Advanced Medical Center (Centreville, VA) 
 academy has purchased A2Z Interactive Classroom Trainers, a computerized system which allows students to interact with realistic interactive scenarios in a classroom setting. The students, utilizing hand-held wireless keypads, can answer true/false, yes/no and multiple-choice questions. The scenario can automatically or manually branch to a virtually limitless variety of outcomes based on the student's actions.

"The growing number of colleges and police academies purchasing our systems clearly validates our leadership in law enforcement training," said Robert S. Ehrlich, Arotech's Chairman, President 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. . "And the A2Z systems continue to increase our reach into the classroom training market."

About IES Interactive Training

IES Interactive Training, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 of Arotech Corporation, is a manufacturer of interactive digital training solutions to corporations, government agencies, military and law enforcement professionals around the globe. By providing unique judgment-driven systems designed by an experienced team of professionals, IES sets the standard for interactive simulation training. Flagship products include the Range 3000 XP4, a multimedia simulator; the Range FDU FDU Fairleigh Dickinson University
FDU Fudan University (Shanghai, China)
FdU Fratelli Dell'Uomo
FDU Force Design Update
FDU Fleet Diving Unit (Canadian Forces) 
, advanced firearm diagnostics unit; and the A2Z Classroom Trainer for interactive, real-time learning. For further information about IES, please visit the company's Website at http://www.ies-usa.com.

About Arotech Corporation

Arotech's corporate mission is to provide quality defense and security products for the military, law enforcement and homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security
Department of Homeland Security

executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
 markets, including advanced zinc-air batteries, multimedia interactive simulators/trainers and lightweight armoring.

Arotech Corporation (www.arotech.com) operates two business divisions: Electric Fuel Batteries - developing and manufacturing zinc-air batteries for military and homeland security applications and developing electric vehicle batteries for zero emission Zero emission refers to an engine, motor, or other energy source, that emits no waste products that pollutes the environment or disrupts the climate. Zero emission engines  public transportation; and Arotech Defense - consisting of IES Interactive, which provides advanced high-tech multimedia training systems for law enforcement and paramilitary organizations, MDT MDT
abbr.
Mountain Daylight Time


MDT (in the US and Canada) Mountain Daylight Time

MDT n abbr (US) (= mountain daylight time) →
 Armor, which provides vehicle armoring for the military, industrial and private sectors, and Arocon Security, which provides homeland security consulting and other services.

Arotech is incorporated in Delaware and has corporate and sales offices in 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
 and Denver with research, development and production subsidiaries in Alabama, Colorado 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 relating to relate prepconcernant

relating to relate prepbezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc 
: 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; significant future capital requirements Capital requirements

Financing required for the operation of a business, composed of long-term and working capital plus fixed assets.
; the outcome of the claims made by the I.E.S. Group; 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.
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