Federal Resources Receives $7.2 Million U.S. Air Force Contracts For Hazardous Materials Identification Equipment Follow-on Orders for HazMatIDs and APD2000s which Enable AFCESA Teams to Identify Potential Hazardous Materials at Air Force Facilities Worldwide Chester, MD, 27 February 2008 – Federal Resources, today announced it received follow-on contracts from the United States Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency (AFCESA), totaling $7.2 million for hazardous materials identification equipment. The new contracts expand the original $4.5 million order placed in 2007. They further position Smiths Detection’s HazMatID™ and APD 2000™ as key components in the continued technology upgrade of equipment available to Air Force Emergency Response teams across the world. Robert McWilliams, Safety Sales Director of Federal Resources said: “This follow-on order is strong validation for solutions we offer to AFCESA that rapidly and reliably identify hazardous chemicals. Our representation of light-weight detection technologies has positioned Federal Resources as a provider of unique solutions to civil and military emergency response teams around the world.” The USAF’s Civil Engineering Readiness & Emergency Management teams will use the advanced detection equipment supplied by Smiths Detection primarily to identify Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TICs), Toxic Industrial Materials (TIMs) and other unknown threats whether liquids, solids or vapors.