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Torvec, Inc. to Work on Military Vehicles

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 16, 2007 -- Torvec, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: TOVC) , a small business based in Rochester, NY, is working with Lockheed Martin on its military vehicles line of business. Torvec will offer stability and control technologies to Lockheed Martin in support of their tactical wheeled vehicle programs.

Torvec, Inc. is at the leading edge of design and development of articulation technologies for the automotive industry. Lockheed Martin builds high quality, functionally superior, cost competitive military vehicles to meet the evolving operational needs of the U.S. military. These survivable weapons system platforms can be easily configured to complete a wide variety of demanding battlefield missions.

"Torvec's innovative solutions are crucial to the next generation of tactical wheeled vehicles, as our design will allow greater articulation of suspensions for rough terrain," said Keith Gleasman, president of Torvec Inc. "Our solution will help provide the warfighters with maximum protection, performance and payload."

"Our men and women, if they are called upon to engage in combat by their country, need to have the very best that our country has to offer," said U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton. "The relationship between Lockheed Martin and Torvec, Inc. creates an innovative solution for the next generation of tactical wheeled vehicles."

Senator Clinton's interest in the next generation of tactical wheeled vehicles allowed her to make the connection with the automotive technologies produced by Torvec, Inc. and Lockheed Martin Systems Integration - Owego.

"Lockheed Martin is dedicated to protecting our warfighters and providing the best possible solution," said Louis J. DeSantis, vice president and general manager of Systems Solutions at Lockheed Martin Systems Integration - Owego.

  For further information visit www.clinton.senate.gov & www.torvec.com

  About Torvec Inc.

Torvec Inc., based in Rochester, New York, develops advanced automotive technologies that increase transportation safety, mobility, fuel efficiency and reduce soot emissions. Torvec owns the technologies for an Infinitely Variable Transmission that reduces diesel soot emissions, a Fast Tracked Vehicle (FTV(TM)) that goes where no 4x4 can, novel designs of hydraulic pumps and constant velocity joints. Torvec's founders invented the famous Torsen(R) differential used in high-performance vehicles. To learn more about Torvec's many technologies and view a video of its FTV(TM), visit http://www.torvec.com/.