Arotech Gets $2.9M Order For Range Force Options Simulators
ANN ARBOR (WWJ) -- Arotech Corp. (Nasdaq: ARTX) announced that its Training and Simulation Division's MILO force options business unit was awarded a firm fixed-price contract to supply award-winning MILO Range simulators for use by the Saudi Arabian Defense Forces.
The deal came through Arotech's international partner channels.
The contract includes seven custom designed virtual weapons training simulators, to be installed at regional readiness centers across Saudi Arabia. Each of the systems is a multi-screen 24 lane MILO based application providing a virtual firing range for pistol and rifle marksmanship training. The first deliveries under this contract will begin in before March 31 and continue in phases through Oct. 31 until all systems are installed and on-site training is complete.
Said Robert McCue, General Manager for the MILO Range business unit. "This competitive award validates our leadership role in the dual-purpose simulator market to provide multi-lane and multi-screen virtual firing range solutions on top of the interactive video and CGI force option training capabilities that MILO Range systems are known for."
Added Kurt Flosky, executive vice president of Arotech's training and simulation division: "Strategic investment in internal product development of MILO Range's core capabilities and its configurable multiscreen applications have enabled us to successfully compete and win in a growing international market. Our MILO Range solution was well positioned to satisfy the stringent Saudi Arabian requirements and has continually proven itself to be the best solution for a vast array of global training applications."
Arotech's ATSD develops, manufactures, and markets multimedia and interactive digital training products solutions for engineering, use-of-force, and operator training simulations for military, law enforcement, security, municipal and private industry personnel. The division provides consulting and developmental support for engineering simulation solutions. The division also supplies pilot decision-making support software for the F-15, F-16, F-18, F-22, and F-35 aircraft, simulation models for the ACMI/TACTS air combat training ranges, and Air-Refueling Boom Arm simulators.
Arotech's Training and Simulation Division consists of FAAC Inc. (www.faac.com), MILO Range (www.milorange.com), and Realtime Technologies (www.simcreator.com).
