Titan is only copying what VSR (Amex .420) did 10 days ago:
(COMTEX) B: VERSAR Opens Comprehensive Homeland Defense Website New Webs
B: VERSAR Opens Comprehensive Homeland Defense Website New Website Connected to
Company Portal for Sales of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protective
Equipment and Services
SPRINGFIELD, Va., Oct 9, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- VERSAR, INC. (Amex:
VSR) announced today that the Company has opened a new comprehensive website,
homelanddefense.com, to serve as a portal for an integrated
vulnerability assessment and operations preparedness program for government and
industry. Customers will have access to a turnkey program to secure
infrastructure, personnel and business assets from terrorist, industrial or
natural catastrophic events. The site will provide a link to VERSAR's
consulting, engineering, personal protection equipment and response capability
for these services. The site is also linked to nbcprotect.com, the
Company's portal for sales of nuclear, biological and chemical protective
equipment and services, such as protective clothing, escape hoods, gas masks,
detection and identification kits, and products for first responders.
VERSAR supported the Department of Defense in its program to destroy weapons of
mass destruction for 15 years. Using this and other expertise, VERSAR has
developed a Secure Architecture and Facilities Engineering (SAFE(TM)) program.
Our turnkey services include consulting and risk assessment; SAFE(TM) design and
construction services to upgrade infrastructure; chemical/biological defense
consulting and personal protective equipment programs for industry, government
and first responders; business process engineering to assess continuity
strategies; and emergency response planning and training.
Dr. Ted Prociv, President and CEO of VERSAR, former head of the Department of
Defense's Chemical demilitarization Program said, "The FBI, through the National
Threat Warning System, has contacted 18,000 law enforcement organizations and
27,000 corporate security managers, advising them of the highest state of alert.
Organizations will need to develop preparedness plans for emergencies related to
terrorism. To help answer that call, I have pledged VERSAR's resources to the
effort to reduce the threat to business and government Customers from terrorist
incidents. VERSAR's long background in chemical and biological warfare matters,
hazardous chemicals, environmental health and safety, and emergency response
combined with our engineering and technical support capability will provide
Customers with real answers to the basic needs of the organization regarding
safety. In addition, our proven product line for personal protective systems is
available now to help respond. I am personally committed to making the workplace
and nation safer for our citizens."
VERSAR, INC., (Amex: VSR) headquartered in Springfield, VA, is a publicly held
professional services firm supporting government and industry in homeland
defense and counterterrorism, environmental health and safety and infrastructure
revitalization. VERSAR operates a number of websites, including the corporate
web sites, versar.com and geomet.com; a B2B portal for
homeland defense services, homelanddefense.com and counterterrorism
products and services, nbcprotect.com; a permit support site for
auxiliary power generators, permitmygenerator.com; and a website for
B2B support for architectural and engineering projects using a virtual
workspace, at v-ginc.com.
This press release contains forward-looking information. The forward-looking
statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be
significantly impacted by certain risks and uncertainties described herein and
in Versar's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission for the year ended June 30, 2001.
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CONTACT: Lawrence A. White, of VERSAR, INC. +1-703-642-6802,
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URL: homelanddefense.com
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