FAA Issues Recertification of NASTAR Center STS-400 and Altitude Chamber

Aug 28, 2015 21:35 JST

Source: ETC

Southampton, PA, USA, Aug 28, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - The NASTAR(R) Center (www.nastarcenter.com), a premier aviation training and research center and a business unit of Environmental Tectonics Corporation (OTC Pink: ETCC) ("ETC") (www.etcusa.com), announced today the recertification of its STS-400 Space Training System and 12/4 Altitude Chamber Training System by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

The STS-400 is a high performance human centrifuge used to train and condition suborbital space flight participants for the rigors of suborbital space flight. The 12/4 Altitude Chamber is used to demonstrate the effects of high altitude flight for hypoxia, rapid decompression, and other effects of high altitude exposure to air and space pilots, crew, and passengers. Both systems demonstrated compliance with a variety of inspections and observations made by the FAA on August 11, 2015 that were aimed at ensuring that continued operational and safety obligations, as outlined by SA 10-001 (Rev 1) and SA 12-004, were being met.

The STS-400 and 12/4 Altitude Chamber were manufactured by ETC and have been operational at the NASTAR Center since its inception in 2007. The NASTAR Center offers a variety of aerospace programs for training and research including G Training, Suborbital Space Flight, Upset Prevention and Recovery, and hypoxia and rapid decompression training.

Richard A. Leland, President of the NASTAR Center, stated, "We are grateful for the support of the FAA and pleased that our systems are safe and in optimal working condition. We look forward to continuing and expanding the programs offered at the NASTAR Center."

About NASTAR

The National AeroSpace Training And Research (NASTAR(R)) Center, a business unit of ETC, is a state-of-the-art aerospace training, research, and educational facility dedicated in improving the health and safety of humans in extreme conditions. The NASTAR Center serves military aviation (fixed and rotary wing), civil aviation (fixed and rotary wing), and space travel (government and private), and provides research support for component and human factors testing. For more information about the NASTAR Center, visit www.nastarcenter.com.

About ETC

ETC designs, manufactures, and sells software driven products and services used to recreate and monitor the physiological effects of motion on humans, and equipment to control, modify, simulate and measure environmental conditions. Our products include aircrew training systems (aeromedical, tactical combat, and general), disaster management systems, sterilizers (steam and gas), environmental testing products, hyperbaric chambers, and other products that involve similar manufacturing techniques and engineering technologies. ETC's unique ability to offer complete systems, designed and produced to high technical standards, sets it apart from its competition. ETC is headquartered in Southampton, PA. For more information about ETC, visit www.etcusa.com.

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