General Digital Company Profile 2010 Rev 0 [Recovered]

 Founded in 1973 by Dr. Russell Reiss and Dr. Leonard Lazar Currently Employ About 75 People of Whom Over Half are Hardware or Software Engineers Located in South Windsor, Connecticut, in a 30,000 square foot Facility 80% – 90% of General Digital Sales are from its LCD Flat Panel Display Products and Systems Core Competency in Ruggedized, Specialized and Customized LCD Products, Optical Bonding and Enhancements, and Software Engineering and Integration Testing © 2010 General Digital Corporation 2

All Weather, Inc. L-3 CommunicationsAstronautics Lockheed MartinBAE Systems NASABoeing Northrop GrummanDRS Technologies Pratt & WhitneyFAA RaytheonGeneral Dynamics Rockwell CollinsGeneral Electric SAICGoodrich SiemensHamilton Sundstrand Sun MicrosystemsHoneywell International Tulip Development LabsIndustrial Electronic Devices U.S. Armed ForcesKessler Ellis Products Westinghouse © 2010 General Digital Corporation 3

Display Systems Optical Bonding Labs Software Services Military-, Industrial- and  Enhancement of LCDs,  Software Components Commercial-Grade LCD OLEDs, Plasma Displays Testing Monitors  Passive Brightness  Test Definition & Design Custom Design and Enhancements  Hardware Test Fixture Engineering Services  Active Backlight Design & Manufacture LCD Monitor Systems Enhancements  Software Code Generation Integration  Optical Bonding to Flat Screen LCD Computer Systems Displays LCD Terminal (Legacy  Film Lamination to Flat Screen Product) Displays Sunlight & NVIS Display  Contract Manufacturing Solutions Services LED Backlights  Ruggedization of Flat Screen Displays © 2010 General Digital Corporation 4

 Large Format LCDs  Panel Mount LCDs Standalone / Mountable LCDs  Open Frame LCDs Flip-up LCD w/Keyboard  Rack Mount / Desktop Keyboards Flip-up / Flip-Down LCDs  Commercial-Grade LCDs Rack Mount LCDs  LCD Computers & Terminals Environmentally Sealed LCDs  Daylight / Sunlight Readable LCDs © 2010 General Digital Corporation 5

 We have a large assortment of products designed and built for virtually any application. Our family of custom products continues to grow each year. We specialize in small production lot sizes. We are recognized as the industry leader in designing innovative flat panel solutions. Extensive experience in designing and manufacturing to: ◊ MIL-STD-901D: High Shock & Vibration (Safety) ◊ MIL-STD-167: High Vibration (Safety) ◊ MIL-STD-810F: Shock and Vibration COTS ◊ MIL-STD-741: Audible Noise ◊ MIL-STD-461: EMI/RFI Emissions © 2010 General Digital Corporation 11

 Brightness Enhancements ◊ Passive film management in older design panels ◊ Active backlight enhancement as needed ◊ Transflective modification of selected LCDs Optical Bonding to LCD ◊ AR/AG glass to improve readability ◊ Touch panels to eliminate stray internal reflections ◊ EMI/Heater conductive glass Film Lamination to LCD ◊ AR films as lower weight alternative © 2010 General Digital Corporation 12

 Active with LED Backlights ◊ OEM ◊ General Digital-designed Active with Multi-lamp Backlights ◊ OEM ◊ General Digital-designed Passive Via Film Management ◊ Lowest power solution ◊ Especially effective with older design LCDs Low-power Active (Hybrid) ◊ Replace single lamp rail with dual or triple lamp rail ◊ Film management as required © 2010 General Digital Corporation 13

 GenFlective™ Modifications ◊ Conversion of selected LCDs from stock transmissive mode operation to transflective  Have Genflective™-enhanced LCDs from 5.5" to 15" ◊ Provides high contrast/high brightness in outdoor applications  Superior to contrast enhancement filter glass ◊ Low power, low heat approach to daylight readable displays ◊ Low cost of ownership  Long lamp life  Low power  Low heat dissipation  Low initial cost © 2010 General Digital Corporation 14

 Why Bond Anyway? ◊ Optical coupling minimizes light reflections  Improved light output  Improved contrast ◊ Improves environmental capability  Heaters for operation at low temperature  Chemically strengthened glass for vandal resistance  Moisture cannot condense on inside ◊ LCD does not distort when touched © 2010 General Digital Corporation 15

 Adhesives ◊ Silicone  Most versatile material  Can vary mix ratio to alter the hardness of the bond for differing environments  Can be readily reworked to recover from any contamination issues ◊ Epoxy  Hard bonding material for specific challenges © 2010 General Digital Corporation 17

 Software Components Testing Advanced-Life Testing Systems Integration Test Definition and Design Hardware Test Fixture Design and Manufacture Software Code Generation Database Design Service Compliant with DO-178B and DOD-STD-498 © 2010 General Digital Corporation 18

 Typical Customers are in the Avionics Industry Any Company that has Microprocessor-based Products that Perform in a Mission or Safety Critical Environment Customers are Under Government Mandate, Both Foreign and Domestic, to Test Each Individual Line of Code. © 2010 General Digital Corporation 19

 Financial Stability ◊ Business Founded in 1973 (37 Years Ago) ◊ Technology Fast 50 Award Winner ◊ $4 Million Line of Credit  Pre-approved to $7 million ◊ Audited Financials Since 2001 ◊ Profitable Every Year Since 1993 ◊ Confidence Your Supplier Will Remain in Business © 2010 General Digital Corporation 20

 Superior Documentation and Configuration Control ◊ “Blue Books” with Complete Documentation ◊ Pro-Process Drawings ◊ Allows Easily Scalable Workforce for High Volume Programs ◊ Highly Attentive to Configuration/Revision Control ◊ Product Longevity Via “Like or Equivalent” Solutions and Last Time Buy Product Offerings “Blue Book” Library Pro-Process Drawing © 2010 General Digital Corporation 22

 First-Class Production Facility ◊ Designed, Manufactured and Serviced in the U.S.A. ◊ 30,000 sq. ft. (Expandable to 125,000 sq. ft.) ◊ Clean and Open Work Space ◊ Antistatic Acrylic Floors ◊ Laminar Flow Benches © 2010 General Digital Corporation 23

 Mature Engineering Company with Extensive Capital Resources ◊ Ovens Reflectometer ◊ Colorimeters ◊ Power Meters ◊ EMI Antenna and Related Equipment ◊ Spectrometer ◊ Reflectometer ◊ Class 10 Clean Booth ◊ Class 100 Laminar Flow Benches ◊ High Speed Lamination Equipment High-Speed Laminator in Class 10 Clean Room © 2010 General Digital Corporation 24

 Mature Engineering Company with Extensive Capital Resources ◊ Temperature / Humidity Chamber ◊ Vacuum Chambers ◊ Hipot Testers ◊ Data Loggers ◊ Thermal Sensors ◊ Current Probes ◊ Oscilloscopes ◊ Photometers Vacuum Chamber Temperature/Humidity Chamber Data Logger © 2010 General Digital Corporation 25

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