| SOUTHAMPTON, Pa., December 13, 2001: Environmental Tectonics Corporation (Amex: ETC) today announced its Sustained G Tactical Flight Simulator, the G-FET II TFS ETC has developed the answer to high fidelity fighter aircraft simulation, the G-FET II Tactical Flight Simulation (TFS) Centrifuge. The G-FET II TFS combines all elements of simulation fidelity, cockpit, aeromodel, motion and G cueing, mission elements, and environmental stressors to provide the pilot the most realistic training experience possible in a safe, controlled and economical training system. The G-FET II TFS was recently featured in the November 26 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology where it was heralded as "The next advance in training for strike and fighter pilots…" Currently, many necessary training activities are only partially supported or are unsupported due to the limitations of traditional simulators. Traditional simulator motion platforms have serious limitations. First they are expensive and maintenance intensive. Second, they only provide transient motion cues which actually help the pilot fly the simulator instead of stressing the pilot as he/she would be in the actual aircraft. Consequently, most high performance fighter aircraft simulators have no motion systems and only concentrate on high fidelity cockpits aeromodels and visuals. Unfortunately, this type of simulation can lead to negative learning. "Pilots respond to vestibular and tactile cues 5 - 8 times faster than they do to visual cues," said Dick Leland, Director of ETC's AeroMedical Training Institute. "When they are training in a non-motion trainer, they typically will develop compensation skills that are not necessarily appropriate for use in the actual aircraft. Finally, the non-motion, no G cueing environment is a much more benign flying environment than what they will actually experience in the aircraft." The ETC G-FET II represents the next generation of high performance aircraft simulators and revolutionizes training fidelity. If a pilot is flying a high G maneuver, he/she will experience the high G levels just the same as they do in the aircraft. This type of training represents a cost-effective adjunct to diminishing flying hours caused by restricted defense budgets. Additionally, some necessary training activities involve high degrees of risk that make them undesirable to accomplish in the actual aircraft. Again, the G-FET II TFS provides a safe controlled and highly realistic solution to this training challenge. "The G-FET II TFS represents a significant milestone for ETC. This high performance trainer can provide more value added training than traditional simulators at a lower acquisition and operating cost that traditional simulators and at a fraction of the cost of flying the actual aircraft," said Mr. William F. Mitchell, President, ETC. Right now, worldwide interest in the G-FET is very high and we have presented it in response to active solicitations from three customers". ETC designs, develops, installs and maintains aircrew training systems, public entertainment systems, process simulation systems, (sterilization and environmental), clinical hyperbaric systems, environmental testing and simulation systems, and related products for domestic and international customers. This report contains certain "forward-looking statements" including, without limitation, statements containing the words "believes", "anticipates", "intends", "expects", and words of similar import relating to the Company's operations. There are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements including contract cancellations, political unrest in customer countries, general economic conditions and the risk factors detailed from time to time in Environmental Tectonics Corporation reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, Environmental Tectonics Corporation's Annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 23, 2001. |