| Southampton, PA: January 8, 2004. Environmental Tectonics Corporation (Amex: ETC) announced today the delivery and installation of a GAT-II® General Aviation Trainer to the United States Air Force, Randolph AFB, Texas.
Randolph Air Force Base is one of the few bases in the Air Force that does instructor pilot training. Joint Undergraduate Navigator and Electronic Warfare Officer Training is also held at Randolph. The 12th Flying Training Wing provides air transportation and immediate response emergency airlift, and trains and equips its people to meet the Air Force's worldwide mobility commitment. In addition, the 12th Flying Training Wing is responsible for the operational test and evaluation of newly acquired training systems and modifications to existing systems. The USAF will use The GAT-II® to provide pilots' training in the hazards associated with spatial disorientation during flight. The GAT-II cockpit is configured to resemble the JPATS T-6A "Texan" and the popular Cessna C-172. It comes equipped with an advanced Global Positioning System, and high performance aero models. Spatial Disorientation training emphasizes the physiological hazards which pilots could experience. FAA statistics show that when spatial disorientation is involved in a mishap, nine out of ten of those mishaps are fatal. The USAF GAT-II is equipped with fourteen Spatial Disorientation Illusions. "The USAF GAT-II is the most technologically advanced trainer for Spatial Disorientation training. In addition to the advanced cockpit avionics, the GAT-II is equipped with a specialized Profile Editor, which gives the Air Force the capability to develop other Spatial Disorientation illusions in addition to developing specialized training flights." states Glenn King, ETC's Aircrew Training Systems, Applications Manager. The GAT-II® General Aviation Trainer is available in Single Engine, Multi-engine, Helicopter and Regional Jet versions. Each GAT-II® supports VFR, IFR, Spatial Disorientation, and Mishap Prevention training. The motion platform provides roll, pitch, and yaw motions in response to pilot input. The visual display provides a photo-realistic terrain database and accurate modeling of major cities and terrain features. The list of impressive features includes selectable meteorological conditions, instructor selectable malfunctions; various map views and contains all FAA listed airports and navaids. The GAT-II® ranges in price up to $500,000 depending on options. ETC also designs, develops, installs and maintains aircrew training systems, process simulation systems (sterilization and environmental), clinical hyperbaric systems, environmental testing and simulation systems, public entertainment systems and related products for domestic and international customers. This press release may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about the Company that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any other future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may", "will", "could", "would", "expect", "believe", "estimate", "continue", or the negative of such terms or similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, contract cancellations, political unrest in customer countries, general economic conditions, and those issues identified from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and other public documents including, without limitation, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2003. |
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