ORINCON Right On Target in Air-Launched Precision Weapon Test; Company's Tracking System Software Guides Low-Cost Weapon to a Moving Target On the Ground.

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SAN DIEGO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 25, 2001

In a first-of-its-kind demonstration, a precision weapon launched from a U.S warplane was able to make a direct hit on a land-based moving target, thanks in part to software provided by ORINCON Corporation International (OCI).

"This test proved that smaller defense contractors such as ORINCON are capable of playing crucial roles in the development of new technologies for precision weapons delivery and missile defense," said OCI President and COO Art Garner. He noted that the flexibility and ingenuity of ORINCON's engineering force rivals those of companies many times its size.

OCI supplied the critical precision tracking and data fusion technology to two separate teams (Raytheon and Northrop Grumman) on the Affordable Moving Surface Target Engagement (AMSTE II) program, which was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and contracted through the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, N.Y. The $24 million program's objective is to develop and demonstrate critical technology that has the capability to destroy moving ground targets while causing little or no collateral damage. Raytheon's system was recently tested at the U.S. Navy's Air Warfare Center (NAWC) in China Lake, California, and Northrop Grumman's at Elgin Air Force Base in Florida.

ORINCON provided the tracking system software for both tests. For the Raytheon team, the OCI Precision Strike Tracking software fused data in real time from a U2, Global Hawk radar (on an A-3), and Sandia's developed low-cost GMTI radar, enabling a modified Maverick launched from an F-16 to vector to a moving target. For the Northrop Grumman team, the Precision Strike Tracking software fused data from Joint-STARS and Joint Strike Fighter prototype radars, directing a Precision Direct Attack Munition (PDAM) launched from an F-16 to a direct hit of the moving target.

"I'm proud of the accomplishments of our team. Innovation, dedication, cooperation and just plain hard work proved that big goals can be accomplished by a small company when given the opportunity to perform," said Dale Klamer, VP of Technology Development at OCI. "We look forward to expanding our fusion technology and to getting this capability into the hands of the warfighter." And Garner added, "We will continue to look for new opportunities to apply that expertise in both military and commercial markets."

"This success not only validates the DARPA AMSTE concept, it opens up the way to providing a new and critical capability to engage threat systems any time they are exposed to U.S sensors, with the required precision for low collateral damage and with the required stand-off to reduce risk to U.S. forces," said Stephen Welby, DARPA program manager. "This is a powerful transformational capability for U.S. war fighters, and I want to thank everyone for helping to demonstrate a key step in the process of moving AMSTE from technical concept to operational reality."

About ORINCON Corporation International

ORINCON Corporation International is a diversified information technology company. For almost three decades it has helped solve complex defense and commercial challenges by developing and enhancing systems and technologies involving signals, images, information and computers. The company's engineering expertise and diverse portfolio of expert capabilities and reusable software is widely recognized by clients and partners.

Corporate information technologies include: data fusion, data mining, database tools, expert systems, image processing, intelligent agents, Internet tools, neural networks, signal processing, knowledge management, software development tools and intrusion detection systems. These technologies are now being applied to new markets, such as: e-business, information security, financial services, transportation and life sciences, in addition to new customers within the Department of Defense. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California. For further information visit the company Web site at http://www.orincon.com/.