Simula, Inc. to Announce Year End Results

    PHOENIX--April 13, 2001--Simula, Inc. (AMEX: SMU) will host a teleconference to discuss the company's results of operations for the year end 2000, and may discuss future plans and prospects for the company.

--	Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2001
--	Conference Time: 6:00 a.m. (MST/PDT) / 9:00 a.m. (EDT)
--	Phone (Domestic): 212/271-4760
--	Conference call may be accessed live on the Internet at www.redchip.com
--	If you are unable to participate the call will be archived on the Company's Web site at www.simula.com for 30 days as well as www.redchip.com.

    Simula, Inc., headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, is a diversified technology company that designs and manufactures occupant safety systems and devices engineered to safeguard human life in a wide range of air, ground, and sea transportation vehicles. The company operates in two principal markets that are aligned with its core technologies: aerospace and defense systems, and automotive safety systems. The company's core products and technologies include inflatable restraints, energy absorbing seating systems, advanced polymer materials, transparent and opaque armor products, personnel protective equipment and parachutes, and crash sensors. Additional information about Simula can be found at its website, www.simula.com.