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Environmental Tectonics Corporation Lands New Training Contract With NIBRA/Dutch Rail Group

Posted on: Friday, 23 June 2006, 09:00 CDT

SOUTHAMPTON, Pa., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Environmental Tectonics Corporation ("ETC" or the "Company") today announced a new contract with the Netherlands Institute for Fire Services and Disaster Management (NIBRA) covering four new disaster training scenarios: two for the Dutch High-Speed Rail System and two for Hazardous Material Cargo Trains.

NIBRA ordered its first ETC ADMS(TM) Team training system in 2001 and since then has contracted annually with ETC for new rail training environments and scenarios. NIBRA is responsible for the fire-fighting industry standards in the Netherlands. It uses ADMS to develop and deliver comprehensive training programs that allow fire officers, incident managers and other emergency response personnel to fight fires and manage such incidents and disasters as an "integrated team." Prior to using the ADMS system, NIBRA training was only possible through expensive, less effective and very limited mock drills.

At the end of 2005, NIBRA formed a partnership with ETC and MOVARES (the international public transport development organization) to tackle a new project for the Dutch Rail System: to train multi-agency disaster teams in responding to and mitigating various railroad incidents, accidents and emergencies. This NIBRA partnership team was subsequently awarded the Dutch Rail contract and training will begin in September 2006.

The most complicated new ADMS training scenario will involve the famous Netherlands Groene Hart (Green Heart) Tunnel and a high-speed train on fire with hundreds of passengers on board up to 30 meters underground. This will be a very challenging exercise program with most of the action happening deep underground ... an exercise only possible through effective simulation.

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 to be materially different from any other future 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, failure to obtain new contracts, political unrest in customer countries, unfavorable results in litigation, general economic conditions, and those issues identified from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and other public documents, including, without limitation, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 24, 2006.

Contact: Duane D. Deaner, CFO Tel: 215-355-9100 (ext. 1203) Fax: 215-357-4000 ETC - Internet Home Page: http://www.etcusa.com/

Environmental Tectonics Corporation

CONTACT: Duane D. Deaner, CFO of Environmental Tectonics Corporation,+1-215-355-9100 (ext. 1203), or Fax, +1-215-357-4000

Web site: http://www.etcusa.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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