EXHIBIT 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Flight Safety Technologies, Inc. in Legal Dispute with Analogic Corporation
MYSTIC, CT (June 30, 2006) - On June 28, 2006, Flight Safety Technologies, Inc. (AMEX symbol FLT) received notice that Analogic Corporation has filed a lawsuit against FST and its CEO and Sanders Design International (SDI) and its principals over perceived contractual interference relating to development of TIICM™ countermanpads technology on which SDI and FST have filed a joint patent application.
Analogic's lawsuit, among other things, asserts that FST and SDI infringed Analogic's rights under a 2003 license agreement between SDI and Analogic by entering into a teaming agreement in 2004 and filing the joint patent application in 2005.
FST believes that the Analogic lawsuit does not address, among other things, Analogic's active participation in the TIICM™-FST-SDI "team presentations" as well as public pronouncements from Analogic that it was supporting the FST-SDI joint TIICM™ technology development activities.
FST believes that the Analogic allegations are without factual and legal merit and intends to vigorously defend its position.
About Flight Safety Technologies, Inc.
Flight Safety Technologies, Inc is a development stage company pursuing advanced technologies aimed at enhancing safety, security and efficiency for the aviation industry.
The Company is currently pursuing three technologies called SOCRATES®, UNICORN™ and TIICM™:
l SOCRATES® is an airport based laser acoustic sensor for the detection and tracking of wake vortex turbulence.
l UNICORN™ is an airborne radar for collision avoidance using state of the art components to achieve low cost, small size and light weight.
l TIICM™ is an airborne passive countermeasure system to protect airliners against the threat of terrorist missile attacks.
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Contact:
Samuel A. Kovnat
Flight Safety Technologies, Inc.
(860) 245-0191
ir@flysafetech.com