| Southampton, PA January 30th, 2002/Environmental Tectonics Corporation (Amex: ETC) announced today the contract award for the GAT-II® from the Ministry of National Defense, Tunisia. The Tunisia Ministry of National Defense has awarded Environmental Tectonics Corporation (ETC) a contract for the GAT-II® (General Aviation Trainer). ETC will be working closely with the Centre D'Expertise De Medecine Aeronautique (CEMEDA) in Tunis to customize their GAT-II® to meet specific training needs. The Tunisia GAT-II® will support training for a single engine turboprop aircraft and a generic, light utility helicopter. Additionally, ETC will add medical monitoring and Closed Circuit TV and Video Recording capabilities to support CEMEDA research activities. The combination of the GAT-II®'s basic and custom features makes it the most advanced and versatile training device currently available. The GAT-II® will be delivered in approximately 6 months to CEMEDA in Tunisia. It will be used to teach basic flight training, instrument flight training and how to recognize and avoid Spatial Disorientation. Providing hands-on, interactive aviation safety training early in the pilots' flying training can produce significant benefits in risk management skills development. Since the GAT-II® is a uniquely versatile trainer, it can also be used to supplement the cadets' basic and instrument flight training. The GAT-II® features a state-of-the-art instrumentation navigation training system and motion base capable of providing three-axis motion cues resulting from pilot input (roll, pitch, and yaw). The impressive real world visual display offers a photo-realistic terrain database and selectable meteorological conditions. The GAT-II® has realistic cockpit controls, instrument displays, and motion/flight characteristics to provide training for Spatial Disorientation, Unusual Attitude Recovery, Basic Flight, and Instrument / Navigation. ETC also 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 operation. 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's periodic 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. |
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