Orlando, FL. February 25, 2004  – Coalescent Technologies Corporation is pleased to announce the award of a contract to provide its premier synthetic training system, Virtual Battlefield System 1 (VBS1™) to the National Guard. VBS1™ will augment the training of the Guard’s Enhanced Separate Brigades (ESBs) in garrison and while deployed overseas giving the National Guard a proven successful, fully interactive, three-dimensional software training application that uniquely addresses the Guard’s escalating force protection threat. VBS1™ is a joint venture between Coalescent and its partner, Bohemia Interactive Studios (BIS).

Ken Whitmore, CEO of Coalescent Technologies stated, “Small unit leaders are increasingly being placed in positions where they must independently react to situations that ultimately may have a much larger tactical, operational or even strategic effect than might be initially apparent. Selecting VBS1™ to enhance the small unit training requirements gives the National Guard a proven effective training tool.” 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 BIS game engine, Real Virtuality™, that is found in the award winning Operation Flashpoint™ product line, 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, VSB1™ delivers the most cost-effective solution for worldwide interactive training. Currently, VBS1™ is fielded to multiple locations within the US Marine Corps and being used by the US Army, US Navy, US Secret Service, and many others.

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, Atlanta, Colorado Springs, 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.

Bohemia Interactive Studio is an independent software research and development 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™.

VBS1™ is not intended for entertainment purposes and is available only to federal, state, and local government agencies for military, law enforcement, and homeland first responder training.