ECC International Corp. Announces Lot 2 Award for the EST 2000 Program.

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ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2001

ECC International Corp. (AMEX:ECC) announced today that it has received a $4.4M award for 42 Engagement Skills Trainer 2000 (EST 2000) production systems. This represents the exercise of the second option under the EST 2000 contract. These systems are part of the 1,104 planned systems under the total program which is valued at more that $93M.

"ECC is very pleased by the overwhelmingly positive response from the users of the systems which were fielded this past year. We look forward to continuing this successful relationship with the U.S. Army," said Dr. James C. Garrett, president and chief executive officer of ECC. "In addition, as these systems are being fielded, many opportunities to sell EST 2000 internationally are being generated."

The U.S. Army Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) awarded the initial EST 2000 contract in November 1998. STRICOM has structured the contract to serve the weapons training needs of other U.S. armed forces, federal, state and local law enforcement agencies as well as foreign armed forces through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.

The EST 2000 is the most accurate weapons training system available and the only one validated by the U.S. Army Infantry School (USAIS) to be fielded. The EST 2000 system enables training on 11 different weapons including rifles, pistols, machineguns, shotguns, anti-tank weapons, and grenade launchers. Currently, 73 systems have been fielded. When fully fielded, the EST 2000 system will train more soldiers - enlisted and officer - each year than any other Army training system.

ECC International Corp., is a leader in the design, development, manufacture and support of training devices and simulators for the U.S. Armed Forces in support of individual, crew, team and higher level collective training in both operator and maintainer skills and tasks. The company also has provided military training devices for more than 25 countries.

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