FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Coalescent Technologies Corporation Dan Finley, Business Development Telephone: (407) 691-7610 x218 Facsimile: (407) 691-7999 Email: Web: www.ctcorp.com

Virtual Training Systems Contract Awarded to Coalescent Technologies Corporation

Orlando, Fl. May 17, 2005 – Coalescent Technologies Corporation announced today that it has been awarded a $36,694,596.00 Task Order contract as part of the Navy’s nation-wide Seaport-Enhanced contract. The training systems work scheduled for the next three years will be for “The Development and Support Services for Virtual Training Systems.” The contract will support new and on-going developmental work with virtual training systems, distance learning, and game-based synthetic training for the Army National Guard, the US Marine Corps, the US Navy, Federal Agencies, and the Department of Homeland Defense.

This individual Task Order is part of the “massive” Navy Seaport -e contract, which has an initial period of five (5) years with two (2) additional five-year options, potentially taking it through the year of 2018. Coalescent has been awarded a nation-wide ceiling of $ 7.9 billion dollars total (potential) revenue in the first five-year period, and a total evaluated maximum contract value of slightly over $ 27 billion dollars if the government exercises all contract option periods.

The contract will be used by the Department of Defense (DoD) and Federal agencies to provide: Visual Database Standardization Support; Systems Engineering Support for Synthetic Simulation Environments; the Development of “Add-On Packs” for Virtual Training Systems; the Development of New 3-Dimentional Virtual Terrains, Maps and Models; Engineering Support to Simulation Labs and Schools; and Distance Learning Planning, Development and Support Services.

Coalescent as the Prime contractor on this award will be supported by an experienced team of subcontractors including: Applied Techniques Corporation; Arinbe; Armed Forces Training Systems, Inc.; Garcia Information Systems; INDUS; Sweet Analysis Services, Inc.; System Studies & Simulation, Inc.; WareOnEarth Communications; and, Whitney Bradley and Brown (WB&B) as authorized subcontractors.

Ken Whitmore, President and CEO of Coalescent commented,” We are extremely pleased to be recognized as a leader in the defense industry for leading-edge open source and commercial game-based technologies in the rapidly advancing virtual simulation marketplace. This contract provides our current technologies further access to a wider variety of military and Federal agencies.”

Coalescent Technologies Corporation currently maintains offices at two of the Warfare Centers - the NSWC Panama City, Florida and the Indian Head Division of NSWC in Maryland. Both are positioned to serve the technical needs of the Navy through this Seaport-Enhanced prime contract. Through our work and our approved subcontractors, Coalescent has presence in six of the seven Seaport-e Zones.

About Coalescent Technologies Corporation
Coalescent Technologies Corporation is an ISO 9001:2000 certified professional engineering firm that provides sophisticated engineering products and services to the Department of Defense, federal agencies, and commercial clients. Established in 1995, Coalescent is privately owned and operated, with headquarters in Orlando, Florida. Coalescent maintains divisional offices in the D.C. metro area, has a large field office located onboard NAVAIR's Webster Field Annex. Additional field offices are located throughout the East coast serving their respective Navy and Marine Corps clients.

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