Rockwell and CSTI sign five year contract for radio remote control software; OutReach Technologies to provide LongArm Radio Control Solution for Rockwell's Collins Avionics and Communications Division.

COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 1996--OutReach Technologies, Inc., a division of CSTI, today announced a contract with Rockwell for a potential value of more than $10 million.

Under the terms of the five year agreement, OutReach Technologies will provide Rockwell's Collins Avionics & Communications Division (CACD) with its LongArm Radio Control Solution to implement remote control and configuration capabilities within their new line of HF Radios.

"We are pleased to announce our relationship with Rockwell," stated Stephen Brucker, OutReach Technologies' president and CEO. "As a leader in providing remote digital communications, OutReach Technologies is a natural partner to work with one of the world's largest manufacturers and suppliers of radios. The synergy between OutReach Technologies and Rockwell will significantly advance the remote communications market."

Based on industry standard hardware and software platforms, LongArm provides a modular, open system network communications engine used to monitor, control and configure a wide variety of complex equipment. Unique to LongArm is its integrated approach to system control, enabling real-time, PC-based remote control and monitoring of equipment over virtually any communications medium.

"As a division of CSTI, OutReach has demonstrated experience in the radio control marketplace," stated Nathan J. Borrett, program manager, ground communications programs, CACD. "LongArm's sophisticated product architecture and open platform provides us with the ability to support a comprehensive network of radios, a critical component to our customers."

Embedded within Rockwell's family of radios, LongArm will provide critical digital communications for the operation and maintenance of the company's radio equipment. LongArm's Radio Control Solution offers numerous advantages, including:

o Simple and intuitive design: LongArm adheres to the Microsoft style guide for user interfaces, a standard used by all Windows applications, thus reducing the need for training.

o Scalable architecture: LongArm can control one device or many different devices from a single location or multiple locations.

o Reduced cost of operations: LongArm allows for significant reductions in labor costs and expensive trips to remote locations. Monitoring, controlling and troubleshooting of devices can be performed from the control station, thereby eliminating staff at the remote locations.

o High service availability: LongArm uses a self-healing routing algorithm, assuring message delivery when a path exists.

o Conservation of bandwidth: LongArm minimizes all messages between the Control Station and the Remote Control Unit through preprocessing of information from a device. This ensures that only pertinent information is passed to the Control Station, reducing the communication circuit load.

About Rockwell

Rockwell's CACD, headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is a leading worldwide supplier of avionics, communication and navigation products, including VHF, UHF, UHF SATCOM, HF transceivers and modems; Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers; radio navigation systems; color flat panel displays; cockpit and flight management systems; data links; and systems integration services.

Rockwell is a diversified, high-technology company holding leadership, high-technology company holding leadership and market positions in automation, avionics, semiconductor systems, aerospace, defense electronics, and automotive component systems, with annual worldwide sales of $13 billion.

About OutReach Technologies

OutReach Technologies, the commercial division of Communication Systems Technology, Inc. (CSTI), provides integrated digital communications products that allow people to transport information and ideas from their desktops by diminishing the constraints of distance, time and physical location. OutReach Technologies manufactures and markets two major product lines. ConferEase is the only T.120-based multipoint audiographics teleconferencing product family utilizing existing telephone service to allow simultaneous voice and computer document collaboration. The LongArm product family is without peer in enabling real-time, PC-based remote control and monitoring of radio and industrial equipment at multiple locations over any communications infrastructure. OutReach Technologies is based in Columbia, Maryland and is a venture-backed company.

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