December 03, 2003 - MAK Technologies Wins Contract to Develop
Time Sensitive Targeting Trainer for Air Force

ORLANDO, Fla. - MÄK Technologies, the world's leading supplier of distributed simulation software, has been awarded a contract by the Air Force Research Lab at Wright Patterson Air Force Base and the Mesa Research Site, to design and develop a simulation environment to enable more effective time sensitive targeting (TST) team training and mission analysis. This new desktop simulation will support TST staff interaction with combat crews flying Air Force DMO flight simulators, as well as individual operator training. Zel Technologies (ZelTech), as a subcontractor, will provide subject matter expertise to the trainer, as well as information about the TST system they developed for the Air Force. The contract was sponsored through the US Government's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which assists smaller companies in the development of commercial products.

"We're extremely pleased to be developing this critical trainer for the Air Force," said Warren Katz, MÄK's chief operating officer. "The ability for a warfighter to train anytime, anywhere via this PC-based solution will drastically reduce the cost for such training, while increasing the available times and places to perform it."

MÄK has previously developed military tactical trainers under the brand name SIMinterNET. These trainers, built using MÄK's commercial off the shelf simulation toolkits, include Battle Command 2010, MAGTF XXI, Army Command 2010, and Spearhead II. SIMinterNET trainers are an affordable, low-overhead, PC-based solution for staff or team planning and decision training. They are HLA compliant, allowing interoperability with each as well as other HLA based simulations, and can be networked via a LAN or the Internet.

About MÄK Technologies

MÄK Technologies develops software to link, simulate, and visualize the virtual world. We create tools and toolkits for distributed simulations, develop PC-based military tactical trainers, craft custom solutions, and research and develop the latest simulation technologies. They build commercial off the shelf simulation software that is flexible, portable, and supported. Their customers include ITT Industries, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Tenix, Dassault and BAE. Please call 617.876.8085 or visit www.mak.com for more information.

For more information about Zel Technologies, please contact us as follows:

Zel Technologies LLC (ZelTech)
Attention: Corporate Affairs
54 Old Hampton Lane
Hampton, VA 23669