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FIDELITY SIMULATION AND TRAINING TO PRODUCE TANK CREW SIMULATORS

Reading, PA –  Feb 1, 2005 – Fidelity Simulation and Training was awarded a contract to produce and deliver two Advanced Crew Trainer Simulators. The crew simulators will provide training to crews of the T-55 caliber 105mm tank and the T-62 caliber 115mm tank. The contract also includes installation and in-country logistics support associated with warranties.

The tank simulators will realistically replicate the look, feel, and function of the real T-55 and T-62 tanks.   The visual system will replicate the tank crew’s unique views such as through periscopes and through night vision and thermal devices. Each crew trainer will be equipped with an instructor operator station from which the turret crew trainees are guided and evaluated, and a crew cabin system with commander station, gunner station, and loader station.

The simulators will be designed to meet customer training objectives to provide individual and team training to crews.  Through a series of simulation software exercises, the systems will train in the correct handling and operation of turrets, and train firing sequences including target selection, target acquisition, target tracking, and firing. In collective training mode, crews will improve team work and coordination, and learn advanced combat and tactical training.

Fidelity Simulation and Training provides simulation system design, installation, upgrade, and integration services to Department of Defense and Government agency customers. Fidelity’s simulators are fielded worldwide.

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GSA AWARDS CF HAYNSWORTH & DONALD J RUSSELL FEDERAL/COURTHOUSE BUILDINGS OPERATION / MAINTENANCE CONTRACT TO FIDELITY TECHNOLOGIES

Reading, PA – Jan 3, 2005 –  Fidelity Technologies Corporation received a GSA Region 4 contract to provide Management, Operation, Maintenance, & Engineering of Mechanical & Custodial Services at the CF Haynsworth & Donald J Russell Federal/Courthouse facilities located in Greenville & Spartanburg, South Carolina. The General Services Administration Property Management Division awarded the $1.3 million contract to Fidelity Field Services, a business unit of Fidelity Technologies Corporation.

Under the contract, Fidelity Field Services will be responsible for maintaining mechanical, electrical, utility, fire protection systems equipment, interior and exterior architectural and structural systems, and custodial services. Fidelity Field Services provides contractor operation and maintenance services for equipment and facilities to Department of Defense and Government agencies.

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FIDELITY FIELD SERVICES WINS SERVICE CONTRACT FOR
NAVAL AVIATION READINESS TRAINING

Reading, PA –  December 29, 2004 –  NAVAIR Orlando has awarded Fidelity Technologies Corporation the Diversified Aircrew Readiness Training (DARTS) - Task Order 0026 - under the Fielded Training Systems Support ID/IQ Contract.

This task order provides technical training services in numerous Naval Aviation readiness-training objective areas. The goal of these objectives is to provide classroom, on-trainer, and on-board aircraft training in sensor-related acoustic and electronic war-fighting skills critical to fleet readiness.

The DARTS program provides a broad range of training support in a manner that complements the aviation training architecture through the provisions of timely and relevant training materials, instruction, analysis, and other related activities. Fidelity On-Site Training Specialists will provide support for the P-3, SH-60B, SH-60F and related airframes at NAS Jacksonville, NAS Brunswick, NAS Whidbey, NAS North Island, NS Mayport, and MCBH Kaneohe as well as fielded overseas support to NAS Atsugi, NAS Rota, and NAS Sigonella.

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FIDELITY PASSES ISO 9001:2000 QUALITY SYSTEM RE-ASSESSMENT

READING, PA –  October 15, 2004 –  Fidelity Technologies Corporation received notification from Registrar Intertek Testing Services that its Quality Management System is and remains certified. In August 2004, Fidelity underwent a Quality system assessment audit to the standards of ISO 9001:2000. The new issue date of certification is September 28, 2004 with a reassessment date of September 28, 2007.  Companies certified to ISO requirements are required to participate in annual surveillance audits.  Every three years, the registrant performs a reassessment of a company's entire system to determine compliance to the standard and to the company's own procedures and processes.

Steve Stutzman, Fidelity's Quality Manager, said " To maintain a certification status, it is necessary to pass these audits. When non-conformities are discovered during audits, we determine the cause and provide a corrective action plan. The registrar approves or disapproves the plan, and we revise it. Then we implement the corrective action plans, (and) the registrar verifies effectiveness at the next audit."  In addition, Stutzman says that this year to date Fidelity is meeting its Customer Satisfaction goals and has had no customer complaints or customer returns which were caused by errors or defects on Fidelity's part. "All our products are considered high quality and satisfactory to our customers" says Stutzman. Fidelity's products are its services, hardware, software, and designs.

Fidelity’s ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System is applicable to the “design, build-to-print, assembly, manufacturing, maintenance, preventive maintenance, operations and services of electronic and electromechanical products and systems for Government, including Department of Defense and Commercial markets.

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CALL FOR FIRE TRAINER UNVEILED AT NATIONAL GUARD CONFERENCE

LAS VEGAS, NV – September 20, 2004 – Fidelity Technologies Corporation's Simulation and Training Unit unveiled its new artillery simulation training system at the National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) 2004 Conference in Las Vegas, NV. The CALL FOR FIRE TRAINER (CFFT) creates 3D virtual battlefields in which all levels of field artillery personnel train in fire support missions. The immersive training system supports basic- through advanced-level tasks, including Mission Planning, Mission Rehearsal, Close Air Support, Naval Gunfire, and Mortars.

The CFFT evolved through multiple path development from the Guard Unit Armory Device Full-Crew Interactive Simulator Trainer (GUARDFIST II) Trainer, the primary Forward Observer training system for the National Guard.

GSA AWARDS MILWAUKEE FEDERAL BUILDING
MAINTENANCE CONTRACT TO FIDELITY TECHNOLOGIES

READING, PA – August 21, 2003 –  Fidelity Technologies Corporation received a GSA contract to provide mechanical operation and maintenance services at the U.S. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The General Services Administration Property Management Division awarded the $1.2 million contract to Fidelity Field Services, a business unit of Fidelity Technologies Corporation.

Under the contract, Fidelity Field Services will be responsible for maintaining mechanical, electrical, utility, fire protection systems equipment, and interior and exterior architectural and structural systems. Fidelity Field Services provides contractor operation and maintenance services for equipment and facilities to Department of Defense and Government agencies.

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FIDELITY CAPTURES EA-6B PROWLER AIRCRAFT TRAINER CONTRACT

Reading, PA –  May, 2003 –  Fidelity Technologies Corporation's Field Services unit was awarded a task order by the U.S. Navy NAVAIR ORLANDO division to provide Contractor Operation and Maintenance (COMS) services for the EA-6B (Prowler) aircraft training systems located at Whidbey Island, WA and MCAS Cherry Point, NC. Valued at $9.5 million over five years, this contract involves operation and maintenance of EA-6B flight and tactics trainers, including flight simulators with six-degree freedom-of-motion bases and visual systems.  

In addition, Fidelity technicians will operate and maintain an electronic warfare radio frequency emitter used to simulate "threat radar". The simulated threat emitter provides "real-world" training for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps EA-6B flight crews to accomplish their primary mission - - to jam and destroy hostile radar systems to remove Ground-to-Air threats.

Under this task order, Fidelity will additionally provide corporate management and on-site staffing for supply support, access control, and facilities maintenance services. The program will be under the direction of Paul Patterson, senior program manager for Fidelity Technologies Corporation. Patterson and his Field Services team are looking forward to providing the EA-6B community with the same exemplary level of service for which they are renowned on other COMS contracts. 

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FIDELITY TECHNOLOGIES WINS LOCKHEED MARTIN STAR SUPPLIER AWARD

Reading, PA – June 18, 2002 – Lockheed Martin executives presented Fidelity Technologies Corporation with the STAR Supplier – Perfect Product Award at a recent ceremony at Fidelity’s corporate facility in Reading, PA. The award recognizes Fidelity as one of Lockheed Martin’s top-performing suppliers. Only seven firms worldwide have earned this award in the past year.

The prestigious award is made only to Lockheed Martin suppliers who distinguish themselves by meeting some of the most stringent performance criteria in the aerospace industry. To join this elite group of STAR suppliers, Fidelity Technologies Corporation achieved 100% quality and 100% delivery for all products provided to Lockheed Martin for a minimum of one year. Additionally, Fidelity met the established criteria for Lockheed Martin’s supplier performance evaluation metric that evaluates quality, delivery, affordability, and management/administration.

Fidelity is subcontracted by Lockheed to produce and deliver upgrade kits for A-10 aircraft. Lockheed Martin STAR suppliers are provided visibility across Lockheed Martin Corporation. This results in increased opportunities for Fidelity to acquire future contracts with Lockheed, which had $24 billion sales in 2001.

FIDELITY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION provides services to the U.S. Department of Defense and prime contracting agencies in the areas of manufacturing, engineering, integrated simulation systems, and military field support.  The company, staffed by over 250 employees, operates a 73,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Reading, Pennsylvania and field offices throughout the United States.

Mr. Jack D. Gulati is president and CEO of Fidelity Technologies Corporation. The company is under advisement from a board that includes Edwin Meese III, retired Attorney General of the United States; General John Vessey, U.S. Army (ret.), former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; John Beck, M.D., Dan R. Luthringhauser, and Stanley Kabala, former chairman of Executone.

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FIDELITY SIMULATOR INSTRUCTORS DEVELOPING
NEW NAVAL PILOT QUALIFICATION PROGRAM

Jacksonville, NC –  February, 2002 –  Simulator instructors from Fidelity Technologies Corporation are developing an Advanced Qualification Program (AQP) for MV22-B Pilot training.  It is the latest in training methods, proficiency-based qualification, and training. The intent of AQP is to improve pilot performance using a training process that is audited, analyzed, and corrected using collected performance data.

Fidelity is developing the qualification program as part of a five-year, $5.5 million contract to provide flight simulator instruction for MV22 Pilots at the U.S. Marine New River Air Station located south of Jacksonville, North Carolina.

The Advanced Qualification Program (AQP) is a voluntary alternative to the traditional regulatory requirements under CFR 14, Parts 121 and 135 for pilot training and checking. Under the AQP, the FAA is authorized to approve significant departures from traditional requirements, subject to justification of an equivalent or better level of safety. The overall goals of the Advanced Qualification Program are: to increase aviation safety through improved training and evaluation; and to be responsive to changes in aircraft technology, operations, and training methodologies. 

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FIDELITY TECHNOLOGIES CORP WINS $2.4M TRAINING CONTRACT
WITH CZECH ARMY

Reading, PA –  November 2001 –  The Army of the Czech Republic awarded a contract to U.S.-based Fidelity Technologies Corporation to produce an Artillery Training Simulator System (ATSSCz) under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. 

The ATSSCz is based on the same simulation technology Fidelity uses under contract to the United States Army to produce the GUARDFIST II simulation trainer for forward observers. The ATSSCz will contain all of the field artillery “call-for-fire” protocols contained within the GUARDFIST database.  In addition, the ATSSCz will be customized to reflect terrains and military chains of command unique to the Czech Republic.

The ATSSCz contract was initiated by a visit in March last year to the FIDELITY facility by Czech Ambassador Alexandr Vondra and Col. Wellsford V. Barlow, Jr., project manager for the United States Army Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation Command Division (STRICOM)  U.S. Congressman Timothy Holden provided advice and guidance to Fidelity during contract negotiations. The contract is projected to be worth $2.4 million.

Fidelity’s vice president of marketing, Albert Jodzio, said “the ATSSCz contract is unique in that it demonstrates the cooperation that exists between Fidelity, the U.S. Army, the Czech Army, and companies in the Czech Republic.”  Fidelity plans to perform a substantial amount of the work in the U.S., but will subcontract a portion of the project to Czech companies.

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CZECH AMBASSADOR VISITS LOCAL COMPANY
TO SOLIDIFY TRAINING EFFORTS ABROAD

Reading, PA –  March, 2001 –  FIDELITY GROUP welcomed Ambassador Alexandr Vondra, representative to the United States from the Czech Republic, to its corporate offices in Reading, Pennsylvania. The ambassador’s visit was part of a cooperative effort between Fidelity and the Czech Republic government to initiate an agreement to develop a computer-based artillery training system. Also in attendance were Czech Defense Attaché Major General Rostislov Kotil, U.S. Congressman Tim Holden, Colonel Wellsford Barlow, Jr. of the U.S. Army, and Michael O’Pake, Pennsylvania state senator.

The system under consideration is based upon technology developed and implemented by FIDELITY for the United States Army.  Since 1993, Fidelity has been under contract with the United States Army Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation Command Division (STRICOM) to deliver simulation trainers for forward observers.  Known as GUARDFIST II, the simulation trainer is used by the Army National Guard to teach artillery forward observers how to execute an effective call for artillery fire. 

GUARDFIST II uses electronic media to replicate actual battleground combat conditions in a non-combat (classroom) environment.  Use of a GUARDFIST II simulator saves the military the cost of expending thousands of dollars for live artillery ammunition, and avoids the safety issues of live combat training.  Fidelity has delivered 170 individual trainers and 30 classroom trainers to STRICOM, which are deployed around the world.  GUARDFIST II Trainers played a significant role in recent incidents in Kosovo. 

Jack Gulati, president of Fidelity Group, said “today’s visit by Ambassador Vondra, Congressman Holden, Colonel Barlow, and other representatives represents the initiation of the program and the beginning of what everyone hopes will be a long-lasting cooperative relationship between Fidelity and the Czech Companies, and their respective governments.”

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FIDELITY CAPTURES PACIFIC FLEET SIMULATION SUPPORT CONTRACT

Reading, PA – December 2000 – FIDELITY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION announced today that the company has been selected by the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWC-TSD) to provide contractor simulator instruction and support services for the Commander Naval Air Forces U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMNAVAIRPAC). 

COMNAVAIRPAC supports the U.S. Pacific Fleet and the Unified Commands by providing fully-trained, combat-ready U.S. Naval Aviation Forces.  Under this contract, FIDELITY will support COMNAVAIRPAC by providing qualified personnel to operate, instruct, and maintain various types of fixed-wing and helicopter trainers at sites throughout the U.S. West Coast and Hawaii.

The contract was issued through the NAWC-TSD Fielded Training Systems Support contract, which allows seven pre-qualified firms to compete for specific task orders. The COMNAVAIRPAC contract is valued at $30 million and has a five-year duration.

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FIDELITY WINS P3 AIRCRAFT TRAINING SYSTEM CONTRACT

JACKSONVILLE, FL – December 2000 –  The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Jacksonville, Florida, awarded a five-year, $8 million contract to Fidelity Technologies Corporation to modify and enhance P-3 aircraft training system simulators.

The P-3 is a land-based, long-range anti-submarine warfare patrol aircraft. It has advanced submarine detection sensors, such as directional frequency and ranging sonobuoys and magnetic anomaly detection (MAD) equipment.

Fidelity and its subcontractor, Symvionics, Inc., will provide a wide range of engineering and technical support for the design, procurement, manufacturing, testing, fielding, modification, and upgrade of P-3 training systems.

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FIDELITY INSTRUCTORS TO PROVIDE MV-22 FLIGHT SIMULATOR TRAINING

JACKSONVILLE, NC – September, 2000 –  FIDELITY TECHNOLOGIES Field Services, New River Marine Corps Air Station in Jacksonville, NC, has been contracted to provide simulator instruction for the MV-22 pilot training program.

The five-year, $5.5 million contract will include flight instruction, simulator maintenance, building maintenance and building access control.  FIDELITY will provide flight simulator instruction, including 33 simulator flights, and classroom instruction, covering four topics. 

Fidelity personnel will accomplish simulator maintenance for two devices -- a six-axis, full-motion simulator and a cockpit procedures trainer.  The company is expected to maintain the electronic classroom equipment for the air crew training program.