| Southampton, PA: September 24, 2001-Environmental Tectonics Corporation (AMEX: "ETC") has been selected by the Metropolitan Airports Commission, (MAC), to provide a virtual reality-based Airport Driver Training Simulator System to Minneapolis - St. Paul International Airport (MSP). Airports worldwide must contend with problems in providing comprehensive training to personnel that are required to drive various vehicle types throughout the airport and within flight line areas. This unique simulator provides a real-time, interactive, high fidelity, virtual environment that allows for airport wide training to be conducted as if it were being done utilizing actual vehicles (trucks, snow plows, baggage tugs, etc.), but in a safe, cost-effective and controlled way. This type of training is the direction that airports will be taking in the future to improve both the proficiency and efficiency of their personnel by utilizing a training system that can rise to the level of complexity and sophistication inherent in actual airport operations. . The Minneapolis - St. Paul International Airport is the second major U.S. airport, after Chicago's O'Hare Airport, to purchase an ETC virtual reality-based training system. MAC awarded this long-term contract to ETC (up to three years) with the aim of establishing a long-term relationship to meet its rigorous training demands. Considering MSP's rapid growth and ongoing expansion programs, MAC determined that a driver training simulator system would significantly enhance airport safety and fill an immediate need. They also desired a system that could be expanded in the future, at minimum cost, to satisfy additional airport training requirements. Although no one could have anticipated the recent tragic events in New York City and Washington, DC involving serious breaches in airport security and terrorist attacks, ETC's simulation systems are designed and utilized to provide both safety and security training. MAC's selection of a system that permits future expansion to conduct such training for its airport personnel will prove to be a valuable asset to their ongoing operations. ETC is also the creator of the, Advanced Disaster Management Simulator (ADMS™). ADMS is the only virtual reality-based simulator available today that allows airports, airlines and government agencies to simulate major airport incidents, such as terrorist activities, fires, aircraft accidents or natural disasters, for training and planning purposes. With some 400 airports in the U.S. airport system alone, ETC believes the Metropolitan Airport Commission contract will firmly enhance the company's position as a leading designer and supplier of simulation systems meant to address full airport security, safety and training requirements. ETC is also a leading supplier of military and commercial pilot and aircrew training systems worldwide, with major installations at air force bases in the U.S. and overseas. Certain matters in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. This includes, but is not limited to, market acceptance of new products, competitive actions, economic conditions, and other risks indicated in filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |