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

Marine Corps Expands Fielding of the VBS1™ Synthetic Training System

Orlando, FL. September 27, 2005 – Coalescent Technologies Corporation announced today that the U. S. Marine Corps has placed an order that will nearly double their fielding of the VBS1™ synthetic training system. Like the currently fielded systems, these will be used in simulation centers, schools, and deployed units throughout the Marine Corps to augment conventional training in small unit tactics, convoy operations, and combined arms employment coordination. In the last few months, the Marine Corps has also updated all their VBS1™ systems to the newest software versions.

The Marine Corps was the initial military sponsor and first user of VBS1™. The system was designed for and with technical assistance from the Marine Corps Training & Education Command and Fleet Marines. Subsequently, VBS1™ has gained widespread acceptance throughout the world as a premier synthetic training system. It is widely used by the U.S. Army National Guard, the Australian Defense Force, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Secret Service, in Canada, Europe, and elsewhere. Currently, the Marine Corps uses VBS1™ as their primary combat convoy training system.

The Marine Corps VBS1™ order includes the new VBS1™ Eos Edition, the U.S. Marine Corps add-on module, specialized terrain modules, the new artillery module, the opposing forces module, and the latest comprehensive After Action Review (AAR) module.

VBS1™ continues to provide the Marine Corps a proven, successful, fully interactive 3D synthetic training application that has been specifically tailored to address their escalating operational commitments. VBS1™ is a modular, scenario driven, and deployable synthetic training system with photo-realistic terrain, user-definable mission scenarios, inherent military doctrine, client-specific symbology, and variable environmental conditions. Built on the Bohemia Interactive Studio’s game engine, Real Virtuality™, VBS1™ is designed and customizable to meet military, law enforcement, homeland security, and first responder training requirements. Deployed on laptops, desktops or through the Internet, VBS1™ delivers the most cost-effective solution for worldwide interactive training.

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 offices in the D.C. metro area, Atlanta, Albany and has a large field office located onboard NAVAIR's Webster Field Annex. Coalescent's staff includes recognized leaders and performers in electrical and digital engineering, enterprise-level intranets, information technologies, radio frequency identification, modeling, simulation and training.

About Bohemia Interactive Studio
Bohemia Interactive Studio is an independent software research and game development studio based in the Czech Republic. Bohemia’s primary focus is on the development of state-of-the-art computer entertainment software and research of advanced real-time 3D graphics, artificial intelligence, and physical simulation technologies for real-time interactive environments. Among many other significant accomplishments, Bohemia Interactive Studios is the developer of the award winning gaming software, Operation Flashpoint™.

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