Cubic Showcases Rapidly Deployable Training Command-and-Control System at National Guard Association of the United States -NGAUS- Conference.

News Editors/Business Editors

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2003

Cubic Defense Applications, the defense segment of Cubic Corp. (AMEX: CUB), will showcase a highly portable training command-and-control system at the National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) General Conference from Sept. 14-16 in Biloxi, Miss. Cubic said National Guard units can use this new mobile combat training technology for homeland security and combat training at their homestation or during deployments abroad.

"High levels of forward deployment of U.S. and coalition forces have created an urgent need for rapidly deployable combat training systems and mobile command-and-control centers," said Ray Barker, senior vice president and general manager of Cubic's Training Systems Business Unit. "Cubic's Deployable System for Training & Readiness (DSTAR) brings together asset/participant tracking, display, exercise control and communications technologies in one mobile package. With DSTAR, National Guard units can take instrumented combat training and command-and-control with them anywhere, at any time, for any training mission or contingency operation, including tactical missions, homeland security and crisis management operations."

Designed for homestation training or to augment pre-Combat Training Center exercises, DSTAR is readily deployable abroad for in-situ training and tracking of National Guard units. The system can be packaged in modular transit cases, carried in Humvees and trucks, then deployed in tents or shelters at the training or operational site.

Cubic's Lee Legowik said a DSTAR variant has been selected to meet the U.S. Pacific Command's Alaska Training Range requirements. Cubic's Alaskan system includes its PC-RIS (Personal Computer-based Range Instrumentation System), which provides exercise control capabilities and streamlines the development of after-action reviews; player instrumentation; a communications subsystem and interfaces to legacy Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) systems in Alaska. Currently undergoing preliminary field testing, the Alaskan system is being used with Cubic's MILES 2000 digital player units, allowing GPS tracking of troop movements and locations in near real time. The MILES system also records whether troops are hit, missed or killed during simulated battles.

In addition to DSTAR, Cubic is spotlighting these products at NGAUS:

-- Simulation Center Support: Cubic's Training & Education Division, located in Leavenworth, Kan., is working with the Utah Army National Guard to create and operate a portable constructive computer-based simulation training center for training National Guard units throughout Utah. Cubic's support includes helping the National Guard to conduct joint conflict and tactical battle simulation exercises to prepare their response to natural and manmade events, including floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, wildfires, chemical spills, Weapons of Mass Destruction and other emergency management operations.

-- Information-Sharing Resources. Cubic's Information Operations Division provides "open-source" research and analysis resources to the U.S. military. Cubic operates, maintains and provides regularly updated content for two Web sites for the U.S. Pacific Command. The two sites help enhance the situational awareness of both U.S. and allied forces by facilitating information exchange on topics such as counterterrorism, natural disasters, humanitarian efforts and drug interdiction.

-- Air Combat Training Systems with Individual Combat Aircrew Display System (ICADS): Pilots around the world use "rangeless" air combat training systems to participate in air combat training exercises independent of a fixed range facility. A recent contract awarded to Cubic and its principal subcontractor IDT Metric Systems for the P5 Combat Training System (P5CTS) contract will increase the number of Air National Guard aircrews using advanced realistic training systems. An important component of the P5CTS system is Cubic's Individual Combat Aircrew Display System (ICADS) debrief technology, which allows pilots to conduct post-training after-action reviews on laptop or personal computers. This display system features high-quality 3-D graphics in a Windows PC environment.

-- Personnel Locator System: USAF Reserve and Air National Guard pilots who fly A-10 aircraft are familiar with Cubic's Personnel Locator System (PLS). The system is the standard avionics system for military search-and-rescue operations. Coupled with a survival radio, it can provide a jam-resistant radio communications link between rescuers and downed pilots. Cubic's latest version of PLS is interoperable with all U.S. deployed combat survival radios as well as military and civilian emergency beacons up to 406 MHz, including COSPAS/SARSAT beacons.

The Cubic Defense Applications group, one of Cubic's two major segments, provides realistic combat training systems for military forces, as well as simulation, force modernization, educational services, operations and maintenance and manufacturing services. The group also supplies products and systems for C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) applications, search and rescue avionics and radio communications for military and civil markets. The corporation's other major segment, Cubic Transportation Systems, designs and manufactures automatic fare collection systems for public mass transit authorities. For more information about Cubic, see the company's Web site at www.cubic.com.