VDC Display
Systems Achieves Record Backlog with Receipt of Boeing Co. Orders
Tuesday March 22,
CAPE
CANAVERAL, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2005--VDC Display Systems, a
division of Video Display Corporation (NASDAQ:VIDE - News), reports a record backlog
having received additional orders in excess of $7M dollars from The Boeing
Company for delivery over the next 24-month period. The advanced projection
display systems ordered by The Boeing Company are for use in the U.S. Air Force
F-15E Mission Training Center (MTC) provide for a full range of training
maneuvers - from formation flight, air refueling, weapons delivery, air-to-air
and air-to-ground combat, emergency procedures, and take-off and landings.
VDC Display Systems provides
its customized, visual projection solutions to the military and industrial
training, command and control, design centers, planetariums and 3-D virtual
reality markets. With the recent acquisition of the E&S ESCP(TM) product
line, the Company has become a major worldwide supplier of calligraphic
projectors for civil, military and commercial aviation. Its custom products
include the industry's highest rated ruggedized
visual display system that has been used in all mission-critical shipboard
applications on US Navy carriers, Aegis class cruisers and destroyers since the
mid-1990s.
About Video Display
Corporation
Video Display Corporation
designs, develops and manufactures unique solutions for display requirements
for military, medical and industrial uses with emphasis on high-end training
and simulation applications. Its product offerings include ruggedized
CRT and AMLCD displays as well as complete projection display systems utilizing
VDC's Marquee(TM) and ESCP(TM) line of projectors.
Video Display Corporation operates eleven design and manufacturing plants plus
eight sales facilities throughout the
This press release contains
forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on management's
current expectations and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties
which could cause actual results to differ materially from those described
herein.
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