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| ETC Announces First "Launch" of NASTAR Center Centrifuge |
| Southampton, Pennsylvania, June 27, 2006: Environmental Tectonics Corporation (AMEX: ETC) ("ETC" or the "Company") today announced the first "flight" of its G-FET II Human Centrifuge. It was taken to Nine Gs, or nine times the normal force of Earth's gravity. "It ran flawlessly," said installation supervisor Gary Labance.
G-FET II is the basis for the most exciting applications of the NASTAR (National Aerospace Training and Research) Center, scheduled to open in January 2007. It can be transformed into the ATFS-400B (Authentic Tactical Flight Simulator) and in this mode can model realistic flight profiles of the F-18 or other tactical combat aircraft. NASTAR Center in Bucks County, Pennsylvania is the interim location. Several states and foreign countries have expressed interest to have a permanent NASTAR Center located near their centers of aviation and space research. The Space Training Simulator (STS-400B) is another mode of the G-FET II at the NASTAR Center. This configuration can model space flight profiles of launch and reentry for commercial space travel crews and passengers aboard spacecraft such as those being built by several private space travel providers. The NASTAR Center, located in a northern suburb of Philadelphia, will accommodate training and research for military and commercial aviation, as well as private and government space travel. The NASTAR Center will also feature a Spatial Disorientation Trainer, Altitude and Hyperbaric Chambers, an Ejection Seat Trainer, and Night Vision Training. "This successful first test of the G-FET II centrifuge is a significant milestone in opening the NASTAR Center for business," said William F. Mitchell, ETC's President and Chairman. "In this era of Base Realignments and Closures and tight R&D budgets, the NASTAR Center will provide an economical alternative to meet aerospace training and research needs." | |
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