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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

“Narco Avionics and XCOM Avionics, Manufacturing Partnership Agreement

Fort Washington, Pennsylvania – USA.     Mr. Michael Coates, CEO and President of XCOM Avionics and Mr. Alan Hanks, CEO and President of Narco Avionics, Inc. have announced their October 9, 2008 signing of a “Joint Manufacturing Agreement”, whereby Narco Avionics, Inc. will Manufacture, Inventory, Service and Support, the XCOM Avionics, XCOM VHF 2 ¼” COM Transceiver.

All manufacturing and support operations will be conducted from the Narco Avionics, Inc. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania Manufacturing Plant by regular Narco Avionics Employees and will be supported by XCOM Avionics, a well known Australian Company, Engineering and Technical Support Personnel.

Coates and Hanks have both expressed great enthusiasm for the new venture and acknowledged very positive feelings about future program expansion possibilities including several new product lines and ongoing product certification.

XCOM Response. Since the radios inception the XCOM has been built in Australia with a large majority (approximately 90%) of our product being shipped internationally with most of this going to the USA. Production issues in Australia have forced us to look for another manufacturer, we tried several manufacturers in Australia but none of these could offer reliable and quality production which basically meant we had a fantastic product that was being let down by poor manufacturing which was out of our control. The best way around this is to find a manufacturer who is already familiar with avionics and has the ability to manufacture correctly to TSO standards, will stand behind their work and most importantly take pride in what they are doing!

For this reason we have entered into a cooperation with Narco Avionics who are the world's longest standing avionics business. This partnership gives XCOM the complete confidence that our product will be manufactured and tested beyond the standards which are required for efficient and continuous, long-term , durable operations. It really means we can stand behind our product with more confidence than ever before and it also gives Narco exposure to the LSA, experimental and Ultralight market which is rapidly expanding.

For our customers, it gives you the confidence that the product is being made in the USA to the same standards that Narco currently produce too. It gives you a local service centre which is able to commit fully to the repair or updating of XCOM radios (if required) and it also means that the price to our US customers will come down because most of the parts that are used in the XCOM radio are actually sourced from the USA, then sent to Australia (which costs a lot of money in freight) produced into the radio and then shipped back to the USA (which costs a lot of money in freight) overall our customers will find a number of improvements which include better customer service because they are not geographically isolated on the other side of the world, delivery and repair times will be quicker and the price of the radio will come down.

Overall the future for XCOM Avionics and our customers is strong and we really appreciate the ongoing support of our customers.

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