Aitech Defense Systems Moves Corporate Headquarters; Doubles Existing Operations Space

Chatsworth, Calif. July 2008 – To meet the demands of company growth, Aitech Defense Systems Inc., the worlds first and largest independent manufacturer of open architecture board and subsystem level products for harsh environment defense, aerospace and astronautics applications, is relocating its corporate headquarters as of July 1, 2008. The new 22,500-square foot facility, combined with the 5,600 square feet of space being retained from Aitechs original location, will more than double the companys US-based operations.

Roger Rowe, president and CEO, commented, ”This expansion allows our various operating divisions to continue to work together seamlessly while accommodating the growth of the company. Aitech continues to expand its advanced embedded computing products, engineering development capabilities and customer base throughout the world, including the United States, Israel, Europe, Africa, South America, Asia and Australia.”

The new, single occupant facility is approximately one city block from the original building and will house the companys US-based holding company, Aitech Rugged Group, Inc. as well as Aitech Defense Systems, Inc. This new facility will encompass the companys US administration, finance, sales and marketing, technical support, engineering, manufacturing, operations and quality departments. Aitechs growing Space Systems Group will remain and expand immediately into the original location at 9301 Oakdale Road, Chatsworth, CA 91311.

The new corporate address is: 19756 Prairie Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311. Phone numbers remain unchanged.

For more information please call toll free 888-Aitech-8 (248-3248) or 818-700-2000, visit www.rugged.com, or e-mail [email protected].

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About Aitech:

Established in 1983, Aitech offers military and space-qualified, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) embedded computing products for rugged defense, aerospace and astronautics (space) applications as well as provides radiation tolerant and full MIL-SPEC solutions. The company provides industry-standard, open architecture VMEbus, CompactPCI and high speed serial fabric-based boards, power subsystems, mass memory, enclosures and hardware subsystem integration along with logistics, configuration control, component obsolescence and earned-value management services.

Having pioneered the development of true military VMEbus products for use in mainstream COTS applications, Aitech utilizes its broad base of off-the-shelf products and technologies to also develop customer-specific solutions, deliver superior cost-performance and reliability, and expedite time to market. Applications for its products range from mission processors, fire control, mission control and autonomous robotic subsystems for ground vehicles as well as surface and subsurface naval platforms to tactical and strategic fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, and low- to high-earth orbit and deep space vehicles.