Emergent Information Technologies Employees Consistently Recognized for Excellence by the U.S. Air Force.Business Editors NEWPORT BEACH Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 2000 Emergent Employees Earn Five Consecutive Contractor of the Quarter Awards and Two Back-to-Back Contractor of the Year Awards Emergent Information Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: EITI EITI Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative EITI École d'ingénierie et de Technologie de l'Information (French) EITI Exploitation Initiative Tools Insertion ) Friday announced that Curt Seebaldt, an Emergent technical contractor at the U.S. Air Force's Command and Control Training and Innovation Group (AFC2TIG AFC2TIG Air Force Command and Control Training and Innovation Group (Hurlburt Field, FL) ) at Hurlburt Field Hurlburt Field is a base of the United States Air Force located in Okaloosa County, Florida on the Eglin Air Force Base reservation immediately west of the Town of Mary Esther. in Fla., was named the Technical Contractor of the Quarter for Q3, 2000. The recognition marks the fifth straight quarterly award for Emergent personnel out of a contractor community of 16 other companies and some 250 contractor personnel. Rick Welton, the program manager for Emergent's efforts in support of the AFC2TIG said, "We have a team of true professionals dedicated to achieving the experimentation goals for the AFC2TIG, the Air Force and the Department of Defense -- we're proud of our consistently excellent support to the warfighter." The AFC2TIG at Hurlburt Field, is the focal point focal point n. See focus. for the integration of all Aerospace Campaign Command and Control processes, including rapid technology assessment, for the warfighter. It is responsible for executing the Joint Expeditionary Force An armed force organized to accomplish a specific objective in a foreign country. expeditionary force n → cuerpo expedicionario expeditionary force n → corps m Experiment (JEFX JEFX Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment JEFX Joint Expeditionary Force Exercise ), an annual Air Force effort to evaluate new operational concepts and technologies by blending live action with simulation. Emergent is closely involved with the annual JEFX. Major General Gerald Perryman, the commander of the Aerospace Command & Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance Center (AC2ISRC AC2ISRC Aerospace Command and Control & Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Center ) of which AFC2TIG is a field agency, stated that JEFX "...will have far-reaching implications for the future of joint warfare Joint warfare is a military doctrine which places priority on the integration of the various service branches of a state's armed forces into one unified command. Joint warfare is in essence a form of combined arms warfare on a larger, national scale, in which complementary forces as we work toward building the Expeditionary Aerospace Force for the 21st Century. It is the venue from which innovative ideas and concepts spring forward." Emergent's dedicated AFC2TIG JEFX planning team has six members who plan and direct all aspects of experimentation execution in this annual Air Force experiment. Emergent's previous awardees include: AFC2TIG 1998 Technical Contractor of the Year -- Steve Ferbezar, AFC2TIG Q3 1999 Technical Contractor of the Quarter -- Lee Gay, AFC2TIG Q4 1999 Technical Contractor of the Quarter -- Curt Seebaldt, AFC2TIG 1999 Technical Contractor of the Year -- Lee Gay, AFC2TIG Q1 2000 Technical Contractor of the Quarter -- Bob Byrne, AFC2TIG Q2 2000 Technical Contractor of the Quarter -- Lee Gay. Emergent Group President and General Manager Ron Oxley said, "Emergent's consistent recognition by the Air Force Command and Control Training and Innovation Group highlights our serious commitment to the nation's military. We certainly enjoy the awards for excellence, but really, our customers would expect nothing less from us." About Emergent Emergent Information Technologies is a leading provider of IT solutions, modeling and simulation services, and systems engineering to business and government. Its 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. , Steven Myers & Associates Inc. (SM&A), provides proposal management and business strategy services. Statements herein concerning the company's growth and strategies may include forward-looking statements. The company's actual results may differ materially from those suggested as a result of various factors. Interested parties should refer to the disclosure set forth under the caption "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in the company's Form 10-K/A for the year ended Dec. 31, 1999 and the 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2000, for additional information regarding risks affecting the company's financial condition and results of operations. Additional information on Emergent is available on the Internet at www.emergent-it.com. |
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