Frisco, TX, May 12, 2009 – One of the first U.S. government-approved laboratories for the interoperability testing of P25 emergency radio communications systems will be available for industry use beginning this summer as the result of a joint effort by EADS Secure Networks North America and Tait Radio Communications.

The laboratory was named this week as a recognized P25 Compliance Assessment Program (P25 CAP) facility by a government approval process, which was established under a partnership of the Department of Homeland Security, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the P25 radio industry and the emergency response community. The Department of Homeland Security recommends that agencies – especially those receiving federal grants for interoperable communications – purchase equipment that has passed P25 CAP testing.

Located at Tait Radio Communications’ Houston, Texas facility, the joint laboratory will be available for compatibility testing with P25-standard equipment produced by the company and other industry suppliers.

“This new laboratory will become an important tool in helping first responder agencies throughout the country realize the vision of the P25 standards process,” said Steve Shanck, the Executive Vice President-General Manager of EADS Secure Networks North America. “Our joint interoperability testing endeavor with Tait Radio Communications is part of EADS Secure Networks North America’s commitment to facilitating the introduction of P25-standard equipment at the local, state and national levels.”

P25 public safety radio communications standards were established to ensure communications interoperability for first responders at the scene of an emergency or disaster situation. This effort – known as Project 25 – is supported by industry, government agencies and public safety communications officials – including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Communications System, the Department of Defense, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

The P25 CAP program helps assure P25-standard equipment purchasers that radios and networks from participating manufacturers will work seamlessly.

“Tait is pleased to be among the first to possess a lab which is recognized for the full suite of tests that are specified under the P25 Compliance Assessment Program,” said Tait North America President Steve Cragg. “Public safety and government agencies can collaborate effectively and taxpayers’ dollars are saved because freedom to choose is maintained in a multi-vendor environment.”

With the Tait laboratory’s government approval, the joint facility will be able to conduct interoperability testing required to issue Supplier’s Declarations of Compliance (SDoCs) for P25-standard equipment. The P25 CAP laboratory will undertake joint interoperability testing on Tait P25 equipment, network controllers from EADS Secure Networks North America, and also will test interoperability with mobiles and portables of a variety of manufacturers.

American Messaging Services, LLC (“American Messaging”), the second largest wireless

messaging or paging company in the United States, is pleased to announce the

acquisition of Raven Systems, LLC (“RAVEN”). American Messaging serves more than

1.4 million customers and maintains wireless messaging networks in almost every major

market in the United States. RAVEN is a trusted provider to military and government

agencies and the nuclear power industry and has extensive experience in electronics,

digital paging, and software and hardware development.

Early in 2008 American Messaging entered into a joint marketing agreement with RAVEN

to partner with its’ President and founder, Myron Anduri, combining his and RAVEN’s

technical expertise with American Messaging’s sales expertise and customer

relationships to sell the RAVEN Alert product along with other Emergency Mass

Notification products and services.

J. Roy Pottle, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Messaging said “Based

on our success to-date and our belief in the long term potential for the RAVEN suite of

products and services we are very excited that RAVEN will now be part of the American

Messaging family. Furthermore, the acquisition of RAVEN will solidify American

Messaging’s commitment to Safeguard Communities and provide state of the art

products and valued expertise in the field of Emergency Mass Notification, supporting

our mission to be the most trusted provider of wireless messaging services in the United

States.” Mr. Pottle also noted that Myron Anduri will be joining American Messaging as

Vice President, New Product Engineering.

The RAVEN suite of products includes the Raven Alert, the RAVEN 500 and an innovative

and cost effective offering of Firehouse Automation and intelligent remote control

products.

The ability to send and receive emergency or other critical notifications, all within 60 seconds,

using the unique grouping capability associated with American Messaging’s robust and reliable

networks together with the RAVEN suite of products provides the fastest possible method to

simultaneously send and receive intelligent, location specific alerts to a particular or defined

group. In addition, follow up information can be sent according to the progress of a situation.

It is the ideal solution for public safety in any type of buildings, private residences, hospitals

and schools, as well as outdoor alerting.

Headquartered in Lewisville, Texas, American Messaging Services, LLC is the second largest

paging company in the United States, serving over 1.4 million customers on its nationwide

messaging network. Raven Systems will continue to have Sales and Engineering presence

based out of Phoenix, Arizona.

For inquiries please contact Jenna Richardson, VP Product Development at (623) 581-0740 or

jenna.richardson@americanmessaging.net

LANSDOWNE, Va. – May 12, 2009 – Fortress Technologies, a leading provider of secure wireless solutions for government, today announced that it has expanded its certified training program, which is aimed to better enable organizations to establish and manage secure wireless networks. Fortress Certified Training provides a comprehensive educational program that includes in-depth lectures, as well as hands-on lab work to practice the methods taught for creating secure wireless networks using Fortress products.

“Fortress Certified Training was originally launched in December 2008 as a two-day training course focused on properly establishing and managing secure wireless networks,” said Matt Collar, Professional Services Manager, Fortress. “The response to this training has been overwhelming, and attendees are now requesting additional educational opportunities that offer a deeper dive into other related topics. To meet this demand, we are expanding our training program to offer a total of four courses – all presented by our internal experts – that will provide additional value to both our partners and end users.”

Fortress Certified Training provides an avenue to increase the technical depth of Fortress customers and partners in support of the growing demand for both indoor and outdoor secure wireless communications. The training includes intensive courses that require a general understanding of network technologies/topologies, the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model, network device functionality, and security concepts, as well as an intermediate knowledge of Wireless Local Area Networking (WLAN) and RF fundamentals. The training courses, designed specifically to meet the needs of administrators and engineers who plan to create secure wireless networks using Fortress products, include:

Wireless and Site Survey Fundamentals

Fortress Certified Administrator

Fortress Certified Engineer

Fortress Security Overlay

“As a participant in the original Fortress Certified Training program, I can verify the benefit that the session had on my ability to effectively establish and maintain secure wireless networks,” said Zac Grayner, RF Engineer, Northrop Grumman. “The training staff was extremely professional and, most importantly, experienced. I will definitely consider attending some of the newly developed educational courses in the future.”

Fortress Certified Training courses can be held at Fortress’ headquarters in Tampa, FL or at a customer/partner location. For more information on Fortress Certified Training or to register for an upcoming session, visit: http://www.fortresstech.com/Services/Training.aspx.

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International released for comments a candidate American National Standard (ANS) that outlines the core competencies that define the basic functions, duties, responsibilities, knowledge, abilities and expertise attributable to individuals who manage public safety communications operations.

The purpose of the draft standard, Candidate APCO ANS 1.106.1-200x: Core Competencies for Public Safety Communications Manager/Director, is to provide guidance for public safety communications managers, directors and agencies, as well as to prepare the next generation of managers and directors currently working at various levels within public safety communications centers. The areas of core competencies identified include managing self and personal skills, providing direction, facilitating change, working with people, using resources and achieving results.

“APCO International respects the diverse nature of public safety communications, but recognizes the need for some level of standardization to support the professional development of these dedicated and highly skilled individuals,” APCO International President Chris Fischer said.

There is a 45-day public review and comment period for this proposal that ends on June 22. The draft standard can be downloaded at http://www.apcointl.org/new/commcenter911/ansi-activity.php. For comments or questions, e-mail standards@apco911.org.

Reston, Va., May 11, 2009 – SkyTerra (OTCBB: SKYT) today announced that Jeffrey Carlisle has been appointed Vice President of Regulatory Affairs. He will develop and implement the company’s regulatory and policy strategy with the United States, governments around the world, and international organizations.

Mr. Carlisle brings Skyterra over 15 years of experience in the law and policy of communications and high technology. He most recently served as the vice president for international public policy & government affairs for Lenovo, the global technology products and services company. Prior to joining Lenovo, Mr. Carlisle served at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as senior deputy chief and later chief of the wireline competition bureau. While at the FCC, he was co-director of the Internet Policy Working Group and a member of the Homeland Security Policy Council.

“Jeff brings a wealth of domestic and international legal and regulatory experience, including working with the FCC and the European Union,” said Gary Epstein, executive vice president of law and regulation for SkyTerra. “His management experience in communications and Internet policy, coupled with his solid understanding of business operations, will help us continue to transform SkyTerra within the telecommunications industry as the company marches toward the launch of its next-generation integrated satellite-terrestrial communications network.”

Mr. Carlisle received his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley, his Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School, and his Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of California, Los Angeles.

SkyTerra is developing an integrated satellite-terrestrial communications network, based on SkyTerra’s patented ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) technology. The company expects its next-generation network will provide seamless, transparent and ubiquitous wireless coverage of the United States and Canada to conventional handsets. SkyTerra plans to launch two of the most powerful commercial satellites ever built that will enable this network to support communications in a variety of market segments including public safety, homeland security, telematics, transportation and entertainment, by providing a platform for interoperable, user-friendly and feature-rich voice and high-speed data services.

SkyTerra Communications Inc. (OTCBB: SKYT) is a joint venture between SkyTerra LP and SkyTerra (Canada) Inc.

The United States Census Bureau renewed its enterprise license agreement (ELA) with ESRI, the world leader in geographic information system (GIS) software. Renewal of the ELA reaffirms the mission-critical role GIS plays in supporting and streamlining the Census Bureau’s operations. The ELA contract provides unlimited deployments of ArcGIS software.

“Just about everything we do in collecting, tabulating, and disseminating statistical data has some core relationship to geography,” says Timothy Trainor, chief, Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau. “The ELA provides ArcGIS software tools we need to do a variety of tasks well.”

ArcGIS software is currently used throughout the Census Bureau to prepare for and execute the decennial census and other statistical surveys, some of which take place each year. For example, for the decennial census, it is used to delineate hundreds of thousands of manageable assignment areas for enumerators, facilitate data collection and editing in the field, and map statistics. It also supports quality control of all the census data, which is housed in the Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) database. Additionally, GIS supports reapportionment and resource allocation to state, local, and tribal governments.

“The Census Bureau manages an enormous amount of geographic data that is used broadly in the public and private sectors to make decisions that impact the lives of millions,” says ESRI president Jack Dangermond. “We are committed to supporting the important work the bureau does.”

ESRI’s ArcGIS software is an open and interoperable technology platform that provides advanced visualization and cartographic capabilities, spatial analysis, geographic data management, and more. ArcGIS software is a complete system to author, serve, and use geographic information. The technology delivers geographic information to those who need it including analysts, decision makers, field staff, and the public.

For more information about ESRI ELAs for government, call 800-447-9778 or visit www.esri.com/governmentela.

EXACOM proudly announces the introduction of the “Hindsight-G2TM” Next Generation Multi-Media Logging Recorders, which facilitates a “Unified Communications RecordingTM” solution to address the requirements for Public Safety, Homeland Security and Defense Applications.

The “Hindsight-G2TM” Next Generation series of Multi-Media Logging Recorders uniquely supports the concurrent recording of audio, video and data in a single recorder module.

The “Hindsight-G2TM” Next Generation utilizes a presence based architecture specifically designed to address the multi-media acquisition, storage and playback requirements of the new NG911 initiative for video, text messaging, VoIP, traditional E911 communications, and concurrent support for APCO-P25, RoIP, trunked and conventional radio communications recording in one system.

The “Hindsight-G2TM” features the unique “Time GateTM” user GUI which provides time synchronized multi-media, multi-channel monitoring and playback to support incident reconstruction, quality analysis and system reporting.

EXACOM, Inc., founded in 1986 by Helmut Koch, William Haskett and Edward Huggins is headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire with branch locations in the CA, SC, FL, CT, and in the UK. EXACOM is a leading manufacturer of communications recording systems for Public Safety, Homeland Security and Defense applications.

For additional information contact:

Don Bustamante, National Sales Manager

Office Phone: 800-757-8184 Ext.203

Cell Phone: 530-228-4700

Fax: 530-892-8145

Email: don.bustamante@exacom.com

Web: www.exacom.com

WASHINGTON, DC, May 5, 2009 - The release of a standard defining interfaces and APIs for a unified architecture among smart antenna vendors was announced by the Object Management Group (OMG™) and The SDR Forum today. The “PIM and PSM for Smart Antenna Specification” is the first joint standard released by the groups, both of which are non-profit member organizations that produce industry specifications -OMG in the computer industry and The SDR Forum in the reconfigurable radio industry.

“Because smart antennas combine both the computer and reconfigurable radio communities, it was an ideal subject matter for collaboration,” said Lee Pucker, CEO of The SDR Forum. “We expect this to be the first of many joint specifications carried out between The SDR Forum and OMG.”

“This specification is extremely important for software radio interoperability and portability, not just for initial adopters like the military, but also for broader commercial applications such as cellular telephony,” said Richard Mark Soley, Ph.D., chairman and CEO, OMG. “The successful completion of this specification adoption process shows how well OMG and the SDR Forum worked together to get high-quality, critical standards done quickly.”

A smart antenna is an antenna array system that is aided by a processing system that processes the signals received by the array or transmitted by the array using suitable array algorithms to improve wireless system performance. A software defined smart antenna is a smart antenna in which certain operating characteristics, such as the field of regard, frequency of operation, access mode, or transmit/receive waveforms can be altered by firmware or software download after its manufacture.

“The Smart Antenna specification standardizes the set-up, dataflow and control of multi-antenna platforms supporting beam forming, direction finding and multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) applications,” said Dr. Seungwon Choi of Hanyang University in Korea and Chair of the SDR Forum Smart Antenna Work Group. “This

new API will facilitate the formation of an ecosystem of vendors supporting a unified architecture for smart antenna technologies, providing telecommunications equipment manufacturers, radio vendors and network operators in multiple segments of the market with a cost effective tool for optimizing signal quality, capacity and coverage.”

The Smart Antenna specification is comprised of three major components:

The Unified Modeling Language™ (UML®) Profile for Smart Antenna (SA), which defines a language for modeling a smart antenna system by expanding the UML language,

The SA Platform Independent Model (PIM), which provides a set of interfaces for interfacing with the signal processing module, RF module, and controller module, and

The SA Platform Specific Model (PSM), which provides a rule for transforming the elements of the profile and SA PIM into the platform specific model for Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA®) interface definition language and XML.

The specification is available online at http://sdrforum.org/pages/documentLibrary/documents/SDRF-07-S-0016-V2_0_0_OMG_Smart_Antenna.pdf and http://www.omg.org/spec/smartant/.

911 Datamaster announces the availability of Next Generation ALI Query Service. The NENA XML ALI Query Service (AQS) specifies new protocols between the PSAP and the next Generation Emergency Services Network (NGESN). AQS is based on self-describing messages, defined by XML schema. Additionally, the query key can support other requests besides traditional 8-digit and 10-digit requests (ie- SIP URI). These additional query keys will become common place in the future.

The new AQS interface works in conjunction with 911 Datamaster’s latest ALI products. The ability to work with traditional ALI Products in today’s and tomorrow’s environment saves Datamaster customers time and money by avoiding a forklift replacement.

“Although we realize most of the 9-1-1 Industry is presently unable to utilize AQS, we continue to prepare our suite of database solutions. We want our customers to have a seamless, economical transition into a full NG9-1-1 (Next Generation) environment at a time of their own choosing.” explains Scott Krehbiel, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Launched at IWCE 2009 and available now, WAU has developed an AC/DC 6-Bank charger. Using the fundamental traits found in the current Rapid 6 charger, such as exchangeable pods, the new model removes the on-board power supply, which has been replaced by external DC and AC adapters. The unit can be used in a desktop format or wall-mounted in two positions (flush or perpendicular) via internal mounting brackets. This adaptation removes the need to purchase a separate mounting bracket as found with competitive AD-DC bank chargers on the market. All charging bays are still pitched at 45-degree angles, allowing for constant contact for radios with batteries or batteries on their own. As shown in the picture, the Rapid 6 has been heavily streamlined with removal of the internal power supply and can now be used in a DC application with a simple cigarette lighter adapter. Step down is fully compensated for on the circuit board, for easy wiring into a vehicle’s harness.