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Odetics Selected for Two Intelligent Transportation Contracts Totaling Over $4 Million

16 October 1997

Odetics Selected for Two Intelligent Transportation Contracts Totaling Over $4 Million

    ANAHEIM, Calif., Oct. 16 -- Odetics, Inc.
, a leading manufacturer of information management
products, was recently selected for two intelligent transportation projects
totaling over $4 million with the cities of Fontana, Calif., and Jinan, Shan
Dong Province, Peoples Republic of China.
    "These are the first two major competitive wins for the Odetics ITS
Transportation Systems Group since the Rockwell International acquisition,"
explained Ed Rowe, Odetics ITS Division vice president.  "By applying Odetics'
digital video and data management technology to the transportation industry,
Odetics is well positioned for the global intelligent transportation market."
    The Fontana/Ontario Advanced Transportation Management and Information
System (ATMIS) project, expected to last nearly two years, is the first
application of advanced traffic management technology in the growing
California Inland Empire.  The project calls for the design and implementation
of an advanced transportation management and information system.
    Designated to be a model city for traffic control, Jinan, will also use an
automated traffic management system for 65 intersections.  The multiphase
project will be used to make traffic flow more efficient by monitoring flow
patterns and automating signal response.  Future business opportunities in
China are expected to result from this project.
    Odetics, Inc. is a leading supplier of information management products and
communications equipment for the mass data storage, television broadcast and
video security markets.  The company's major products include automated tape
libraries, video and data recorders and digital video equipment.  Odetics'
headquarters are located in Anaheim, Calif., with additional operations in
Europe and Asia.  For more information about its divisions and subsidiaries,
 see the company's web site at http://www.odetics.com/.

SOURCE  Odetics, Inc.