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SOUTHAMPTON, Pa., June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Environmental Tectonics
Corporation (Amex: ETC) today announced the successful factory acceptance
testing of the first G-FET II equipped as an Authentic Tactical Flight
Simulator (Model ATFS-400). Over the past two years ETC has developed and produced the G-FET II for a Southeast Asian customer, a project that has produced the world's most advanced tactical flight simulator. The G-FET II is the only human rated centrifuge in service today that is capable of providing the precise variable G cues (forces caused by maneuvering the aircraft) needed for realistic air combat training for fighter pilots. The G-FET II ATFS-400 (the "ATFS-400") combines the latest available flight simulation technology to optimize flight fidelity. This technology includes high-fidelity aircraft-specific cockpits, offensive and defensive mission systems, realistic wide field of view visual displays and virtual battle space. Additionally, the ATFS-400 provides the proprietary ETC technology of G-pointing that provides the pilot with the same sustained G that he experiences during actual combat maneuvering. ETC's breakthrough technology allows a pilot to hone critical air combat skills in a safe and economical environment at 1/20th the cost of flying in the aircraft. Savings include reduced fuel consumption and reduced aircraft wear. Even greater savings are realized through lowered accident rates since the pilot can rehearse the aircraft mission in the ATFS-400 before the actual flight. The capability to rehearse results in the pilot having higher Situational Awareness in the aircraft and therefore the potential for aircraft mishaps is reduced. ETC is the only centrifuge manufacturer that has the capability to build and test our centrifuge-based training systems in our manufacturing plant located in Southampton, Pennsylvania. The acceptance testing process recently conducted with the customer's medical and fighter pilot experts resulted in the successful completion of more than 150 specific tests to verify the ATFS-400's performance. These tests included, among others:
According to William F. Mitchell, ETC's President and Chairman, "The ATFS-400 sets a world benchmark by integrating high-fidelity simulation with aeromedical training for human factors. Given that 85% of today's aircraft mishaps are caused by human factors, the ATFS-400's potential payback is enormous." Over 150 experienced fighter pilots have "flown" the ATFS-400 to date and the consensus is that it is the most authentic simulator they have had the opportunity to fly. 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 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 expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "could," "would," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "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, unfavorable results of litigation, general economic conditions, and those issues identified from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filing and other public documents, including, without limitation, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2004. |
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