Tampa, Florida - December 5, 2003 - Aero Simulation, Inc., (ASI) today announced that the company’s Reconfigurable Cockpit Procedures Trainer (RCPT) for the USCG’s Aviation Training Center (ATC) in Mobile, Alabama was one of the “hits” of the annual I/ITSEC Conference and Exposition at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. It was a rare time when the device’s seats did not contain interested pilots and training device experts. When delivered, the device will support initial, re-qualification and recurrent training in the service’s HH-60J and HH-65B rotary wing aircraft, however potential customers from each of the U.S. Armed Forces and foreign military attendees could easily see that the device was adaptable to virtually any type of aircraft.

“ASI appreciates the fact …

Aero Simulation Inc. announced on September 2, 2003 that the company has been awarded a contract as one of the Prime Contractors for Lot I of the Navy’s Training Systems Contract II (TSC II) multi-year, multiple-award Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity contract. The win will allow ASI to compete for major Delivery Orders during the contract’s eight year ordering period. The ceiling established for the TSC II Program is $3 billion.

Lot I represents the support effort for the training needs of the Naval Air Systems Command, which consists of the full range of training system design, development, production, test and evaluation, modification and support needs to be purchased over the eight-year ordering period of the contract.

“Selection as a Prime Contractor …

Aero Simulation, Inc. announced on July 28, 2003 that the company’s recently delivered Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) for the C-2A “Greyhound” Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) aircraft has been formally declared “Ready for Training”. Navy officials presided over a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony held recently at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, CA.

The OFT, designed, developed and integrated by ASI was ordered by the Naval Air Systems Command in January 2000, and was been placed in service upon the completion of a demanding series of Final Site Acceptance Tests that verified installed performance and found the device “Ready for Training”.

Captain Larry Howard, USN, the Naval Air Systems Command Program Manager for Aviation Training Systems said, “Completion of this effort will complement …

Aero Simulation, Inc. announced on May 2, 2003 that the company will receive a contract from the United States Coast Guard’s Aircraft Repair and Supply Center, Elizabeth City, NC to provide a Reconfigurable Cockpit Procedures Trainer (RCPT) for the USCG’s Aviation Training Center (ATC) in Mobile, Alabama. The device will support initial, re-qualification and recurrent training in the service’s HH-60J and HH-65B rotary wing aircraft.

The contract, with exercised options, totals nearly $700,000 and calls for delivery of the device to Mobile only nine and a half months after contract award. Design, development, manufacture and test of the RCPT will be performed at ASI’s Tampa, Florida facility. The design features large, touch screen liquid crystal displays and the same type of …

On April 14, 2003, ASI achieved final Naval Air Systems Command and Marine Corps acceptance on an Aircrew Procedures Trainer (APT) for the Sikorsky VH-3D helicopter at Marine Corps Air Station Quantico, VA. The VH-3D is known around the world as “Marine One” when its most notable passenger, the President of the United States is aboard. The VH-3D APT joined an ASI produced VH-60N APT that was accepted in February 2003 for Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) at Quantico.

Both APTs feature full fidelity cockpits and visual display systems that have a field of view of 150 degrees horizontal by 55 degrees vertical. A cockpit view from the VH-60 APT is shown below on approach to the South Lawn pad occupied …