LAGRANGEVILLE, N.Y., Feb. 5, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Command Security Corporation (OTCBB:CMMD) announced today that Aviation Safeguards, the Company's aviation services division, has been awarded a contract to provide additional services for wheelchair escort, baggage handling and security to a major domestic airline customer at Los Angeles International Airport. The contract commences on March 5, 2007 and has an annual value of approximately $2.0 million.
Commenting on the contract award, Martin C. Blake, Jr., Command's Chief Operating Officer, said, "We are pleased to receive this contract award which is a direct result of our employees' commitment to providing industry leading service to our valued customers in our operating locations throughout the country. This contract also reflects our Company's continued investment in Aviation Safeguards' SmartWheel(tm) program, a proprietary software system to monitor, track and ensure optimal wheelchair service performance."
Command Security Corporation (www.commandsecurity.com) provides aviation and security officer services through company-owned offices in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors including the ability of the Company to successfully commercialize its new technologies as well as risk factors set forth under "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2006, and such other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements, which may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. For more information concerning the Company, please refer to its website at www.commandsecurity.com and to the Edgar website www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml.