Aura Systems is Awarded Contract for Integrated U.S. Army Power Source.EL SEGUNDO El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 1998--Aura Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AURA) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to provide an integrated electrical power source for high power military vehicle applications. The contract is for approximately $275,000 dollars and resulted from a competition the company had won and announced last October. The award is based on the company's patented AuraGen VIPER viper, any of a large number of heavy-bodied, poisonous snakes of the family Viperidae, characterized by erectile, hypodermic fangs. The fangs are folded back against the roof of the mouth except when the snake strikes. , Aura's military version of its 5 kw mobile power generator delivered to the Army under a separately announced contract. The integrated power source calls for the packaging of a 10 kilowatt DC/AC military version of the AuraGen VIPER. The AuraGen VIPER includes a high power DC (direct current) output buss. Powered by the vehicle's engine, AuraGen provides compact, quiet environmentally clean, as well as electrically clean, power when and where needed. AuraGen's applications are envisioned to provide electric power to remote areas and for emergency vehicles such as ambulances, fire trucks, and other government and civilian service Civilian service is service to a government made as a civilian, particularly such service as an option for anti-militarists and pacifists who object to military service. Examples of countries with thriving civilian service programmes are Switzerland (Swiss Civilian Service), vehicles. Other expected applications are for use in homes in emergency blackouts, running power tools at construction sites and for recreational vehicles. Aura Systems, Inc. is an innovator and producer of electromagnetic and electro-optic devices, including its patented High Fidelity high fidelity n. The electronic reproduction of sound, especially from broadcast or recorded sources, with minimal distortion. high Actuator, AuraSound Speakers, Bass Shakers, AuraGen Mobile Generator systems for vehicles, Electronic Variable Valve actuators (EVA Eva to marry winner of singing contest. [Ger. Opera: Wagner, Meistersinger, Westerman, 225–228] See : Prize 1. Eva - A toy ALGOL-like language used in "Formal Specification of Programming Languages: A Panoramic Primer", F.G. ) and the Actuated Mirror Array ultra bright large screen television and computer monitor display hardware. CONTACT: Aura Systems, Inc. Ron Goldstein, 310/643-5300 x213 rgoldstein@aurasystems.com www.aurasystems.com or Aldrich & Associates, Inc. Larry Aldrich, 562/436-5156 larry@aldrichpr.com |
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