To: Lucky Lady who wrote (617 ) 7/29/1998 12:24:00 PM From: Mark S. Williams Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 1108
PRESS RELEASE. Perhaps a bit of good news will cheer people up. Wednesday July 29, 12:00 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Integral Technologies, Inc. INTEGRAL'S ANTENNA LANDS NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER MORGANTOWN, W.Va./ July 29 / INTEGRAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (ITI), (NASD.OTC.BB:ITKG), through its subsidiary Emergent Technologies Corp. (ETC), has been awarded a $25,000 contract by the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) to develop and deliver HF and VHF Contrawound Toroidal Helical Antennas (CTHA) and tuners for proof-of-concept field tests at NSWC's Norfolk test site. The NSWC is an R&D and engineering organization within the U.S. Navy. This award is the second effort with the NSWC to fully demonstrate the CTHA for form, fit, and function in NSWC application-specific needs. Earlier this year, the CTHA successfully passed NSWC's test requirement for exhibiting an apparent low radar cross section. NSWC personnel have stated that the CTHA is expected to resolve the many operational conditions that exist with the current antennas. "NSWC has been a supporter of the CTHA from early on. We are very grateful and pleased that NSWC is continuing to work with us to certify the CTHA for mission critical applications. The U.S. Navy is one of the largest antenna customers in the world, and we are delighted to be working with NSWC to create antenna solutions using our CTHA-based technology. Our antennas give the NSWC new flexibility in systems designs for Naval vessels, aircraft, ordnance, and personal communications," said Mark Williams, President and CEO of Integral. The Naval Surface Warfare Center's mission is to provide research, development, test and evaluation, engineering, and fleet support for surface warfare systems, surface ship combat systems, ordnance, mines, amphibious warfare systems, mine countermeasures, special warfare systems, and strategic systems. Integral is in the business of developing, manufacturing, and selling a variety of new, advanced technologies that have passed the initial research development stage. These include CTHA antennas, rf-generated plasma ignition devices, and multi-dimension imaging devices. Through its subsidiary, Emergent Technologies Corporation, the company is actively developing CTHA solutions at a variety of frequencies, including HF, VHF, UHF, AMPS, narrow band PCS, GPS, PCS, and wireless LANs. For more detailed information on the company and the technologies described above please visit our web site at www.itechfin.com or contact Michael Pound, Shareholder Relations at 1-888-666-8833. --------------------------------------------- Let me handle some of the questions here: (1) Yes, it is a small amount of money. But it shows positive progress. (2) The radar cross section test earlier this year was one of those things we couldn't talk about. (3) If the upcoming tests are positive, we could be in line for some serious orders from the Navy. The CTHA solves some very big problems having to do with antenna size. Thanks for your support. Sincerely, --Mark Williams williams@itechfin.com