ORTHSTAR ANNOUNCES AWARD OF PATH PA-5 SIMULATOR CONTRACT
Horseheads, New York
– February 1, 2006 – ORTHSTAR, Inc. announced today the recent contract
award of a PA-5 Transit Car Simulator from Kawasaki Rail Car.
With this contract ORTHSTAR, Inc. will build, test, and maintain software
and hardware for a PA-5 Transit Car Simulator for Kawasaki to be utilized by the
Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation of New York and New Jersey (PATH).
The simulator shall be used by PATH’s Training Department as part of
the training and certification process for Train Operators who will run the new
PATH PA-5 Transit Cars.
The PATH PA-5 Transit Car Simulator is a
state-of-the-art train simulator encompassing some of the most advanced computer
technology, while relying on proven components and models that have been field
tested and fine-tuned over a number of years. The PATH PA-5 Transit Car
Simulator will have a full replica cab, a six (6) Degree of Freedom Motion
System and Computer Generated Imagery Video System.
ORTHSTAR, Inc. CEO, James E. Orsillo stated, “Kawasaki is one of the top rail car suppliers in North America. Working with a highly regarded transportation company such as Kawasaki, and their customer PATH, is very rewarding. This project is the result of past successes and further establishes ORTHSTAR as a world leader in Locomotive, Train and Transit Car Simulators.” 2/06