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FAAC INCORPORATED ANNOUNCES PUBLIC SAFETY SUITE OF SIMULATION TRAINING TOOLS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS

April 27, 2006 - Ann Arbor, Michigan - Arotech Corporation (NasdaqNM: ARTX) announced today that its Simulation and Security Division, through its FAAC subsidiary, has consolidated several of its most popular simulation-based training solutions into an integrated offering called the FAAC Public Safety Suite.

FAAC has long offered Driver Training Simulators for fire, EMS and law enforcement agencies, while its sister company, IES, has offered use-of-force training solutions to the law enforcement community. In the last year, FAAC has rounded out its product offerings by introducing an Incident Command Training simulator, which, in its initial configuration, is designed to help train firefighters to better manage fires.

"With the increasing visibility of NIMS, the National Incident Management System, mandated by the Department of Homeland Security, we have seen a strong demand for training solutions that allow fire, EMS and law enforcement agencies to train together," said Kurt Flosky, FAAC's Executive Vice President. "This demand, lead by community colleges and regional training centers, is for an integrated set of training solutions that address all aspects of emergency response. The Public Safety Suite brings together our well-established solutions into one integrated training suite."

The FAAC Public Safety Suite brings together solutions from three different areas:

  • Driver Training Simulators help firefighters, EMS and law enforcement officers arrive safely on the scene
  • Use-of-Force Simulators help law enforcement officers secure the location
  • Incident Command Training Simulators help firefighters manage the fire.
The Public Safety Suite allows instructors to design a comprehensive incident that begins with a dispatch call to officers in a vehicle, who must then drive to the scene while avoiding realistic hazards. Next law enforcement officers must secure the location. Then, firefighters can manage the fire-all in the same virtual world in one training exercise. The FAAC Public Safety Suite is not intended as a replacement for other training exercises, but rather as a compliment to them.

"It's all about the adrenaline," said one leading instructor for a major city police department. "It's not just knowing how to respond to an incident in a classroom setting, its knowing how to respond under pressure, with everything happening at once and your heart racing. With the Public Safety Suite, we can throw whatever we need at the students to create the desired level of realistic stress and complexity. You just can't do it any other way.

"Components of the FAAC Public Safety Suite can be used either separately or together in integrated training exercises.

About Arotech's Simulation and Security Division
Arotech's Simulation and Security Division develops manufactures and markets advanced high-tech multimedia and interactive digital solutions for training of emergency response, military, law enforcement, security and private industry personnel. The division's fully interactive training systems feature state-of-the-art simulator technology enabling training in situation awareness, risk analysis and decision making, emergency reaction and avoidance procedures, and conscientious equipment operation. In the driver training market, over 100,000 drivers have been trained on its installed base of 220 driving simulators. The division also provides pilot decision-making support software for the F-15, F-18, and JSF aircraft as well as simulation models for the ACMI/TACTS air combat training ranges. In addition, the division's use-of-force training products and services allow organizations to train their personnel in safe, productive and realistic environments.

About Arotech Corporation
Arotech Corporation is a leading provider of quality defense and security products for the military, law enforcement and homeland security markets, including interactive simulators/trainers; lightweight armoring; advanced zinc-air and lithium batteries and chargers. Arotech operates through three major business divisions: Armor, Simulation and Security and Battery and Power Systems. Arotech is incorporated in Delaware, with corporate offices in Auburn, Alabama, and research, development and production subsidiaries in Alabama, Colorado, Michigan, California and Israel.

COMPANY CONTACT: Darren Basch
Marketing Manager/Public Safety Account Executive
1-734-761-5836
dbasch@faac.com

Except for the historical information herein, the matters discussed in this news release include forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as they are subject to various risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to vary significantly. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks relating to: product and technology development; the uncertainty of the market for Arotech's products; changing economic conditions; delay, cancellation or non-renewal, in whole or in part, of contracts or of purchase orders; and other risk factors detailed in Arotech's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, as amended, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Arotech assumes no obligation to update the information in this release. Reference to the Company's website above does not constitute incorporation of any of the information thereon into this press release.

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