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Issued by ICG.

May 24, 2007

International Communications Group names Flight Explorer preferred service provider

International Communications Group (ICG) recently signed an agreement with Flight Explorer to incorporate the company's FE Professional™ Aircraft Situational Display (ASD) flight tracking system with the ICG CIS-100 and ICS-120 satellite transceivers.

FE Professional ASD is an integrated global flight tracking and management decision support tool that provides air carriers the system features required to improve operational efficiency and performance. Key components available in the system include global data feeds, third-party data integration, flight planning system integration, route building, checking and display, airport information, Flight Alert™ system, user-selectable graphical overlays, map and background image overlays, and NASA FACET predictive air traffic.

The ASD can also display weather data from five different weather providers and allows users to overlay and animate North American NEXRAD, worldwide IR satellite coverage, as well as other dynamic weather including AIRMETS, SIGMETS, convective SIGMETS, Collaborative Convective Forecast Product (CCFP) and real-time lightning. The powerful event alert system available in the ASD offers operators the ability to receive alerts for user-defined aircraft and airport events, providing an increased margin of safety and situational awareness.

"At ICG, we are constantly adding new features and enhancements to our products in order to improve their ease of functionality, efficacy and efficiency," said Jeff Saucedo, vice president of sales for ICG. "The FE Professional ASD has added an auxiliary decision-support capability to our satellite transceivers making ICG products an even more valuable component for our customers' flight operations."

The CIS-100 incorporates a single channel Iridium transceiver and an internal GPS receiver with built-in CTU features. The device provides a standalone comprehensive communications systems in a small, rugged metal enclosure.

The ICS-120 is a full service aeronautical communications system incorporating a single channel Iridium transceiver with a dedicated Short Burst Data (SBD) modem for ACARS DataLink services and an internal GPS to support automatic flight following in a single LRU.