ECC International Corp. Announces Delivery of Production Engagement Skills Trainers.Business Editors ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2001 ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. International Corp. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :ECC) announced today that it delivered the initial ten production EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy 2000 systems to the Infantry School at Ft. Benning, Georgia, the Army National Guard Marksmanship Marksmanship Buffalo Bill (1846–1917) famed sharpshooter in Wild West show. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 67] Crotus son of Pan, companion to Muses; skilled in archery. [Gk. Myth. Training Unit at Camp Robinson, Arkansas, and the Interim Brigade Combat Team The brigade combat team (BCT) is the basic deployable unit of maneuver in the US Army. A brigade combat team consists of one combat arms branched maneuver brigade, and its attached support and fire units. at Ft. Lewis, Washington. These deliveries are the first of more than 1100 systems to be delivered to the US Army, National Guard and US Army Reserve under provisions of a contract awarded by the US Army's Simulation Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM STRICOM Simulation Training and Instrumentation Command STRICOM Simulation, Training & Instrumentation Command (US Army) ). When fully fielded, the EST 2000 will train more soldiers, both enlisted and officers, each year than any other Army training system. This system enables small arms training utilizing state-of-the-art technology to train and sustain marksmanship skills, judgmental judg·men·tal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or dependent on judgment: a judgmental error. 2. Inclined to make judgments, especially moral or personal ones: use of force training, and squad-level tactical defense training. The EST 2000 is used to train 11 different weapons including rifles, pistols, machineguns, shotguns, anti-tank, and grenade launchers and is the most accurate weapons training system to be fielded to US Armed Forces. ECC International Corp. is a world leader in the design, development and production of simulators and related training programs for crew, operator and maintainer training. The company provides a wide range of products and services used by all branches of the US Department of Defense and by armed forces in 25 countries. Statements in this press release regarding future plans, events, performance and profitability levels are forward-looking statements and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. The following are important factors, among others, that should be considered in evaluating any forward- looking statements: the company's actual revenue, sales order levels, overhead rates, expense levels, and audit adjustments during future quarters, general economic conditions, the level of government funding for defense programs, cancellation of weapons programs, delays in contract awards, the introduction of new products by, and pricing practices of, the company's competitors, and other risks identified in the company's SEC filings. Actual results may differ materially. |
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