CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Jan 18, 2013) - FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:FLY) (the "Company" or "FLYHT") today announced it has granted incentive stock options to acquire up to 162,500 common shares, subject to regulatory approval, to a recently hired senior technical employee and a consultantunder the stock option plan approved at the Annual and Special Meeting of shareholders on May 9, 2012.

"The stock option plan is an important vehicle to attract and incent key employees and consultants," said Bill Tempany, President and CEO of FLYHT. "We feel stock options also motivate recipients to increase shareholder value."

The stock options are exercisable at an exercise price of $0.25 per share. They also feature immediate vesting and expire on December 31, 2016. A maximum of 10% of the issued and outstanding shares are reserved under the Company''s stock option plan.The options, and any common shares issued upon exercise of the stock options are subject to a four-month resale restriction.

About FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd.

FLYHT provides proprietary technological products and services designed to reduce costs and improve efficiencies in the airline industry. The Company has patented and commercialized three products and associated services currently marketed to airlines, manufacturers and maintenance organizations around the world. Its premier technology, AFIRS UpTime, allows airlines to monitor and manage aircraft operations anywhere, anytime, in real-time. If an aircraft encounters an emergency, FLYHT''s triggered data streaming mode, FLYHTStream, automatically streams vital data, normally secured in the black box, to designated sites on the ground in real-time. The Company has been publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange since 2003 and recently changed its trading symbol from AMA to FLY. Shareholders approved a Company name change fromAeroMechanical Services Ltd. to FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd. in May 2012.

AFIRS, UpTime, FLYHT, FLYHTStream and aeroQ are trademarks of FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd.

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FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: FLY) Announces Issuance of Stock Options

BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully integrated the fifth and final payload to fly aboard the STPSat-3 spacecraft when it launches from Wallops Island, Virginia, in mid-2013.

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The Joint Component Research (J-CORE) instrument is a space electronics component payload sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC).

"Completing instrument integration is an important step to delivering on-orbit path-finding experiments for the U.S. Air Force," said David L. Taylor, president and CEO of Ball Aerospace. "Ball's standard interface vehicle also increases spaceflight opportunities and lowers non-recurring spacecraft costs."

STPSat-3 is part of the Department of Defense, Space Test Program, Standard Interface Vehicle(STP-SIV) program, managed by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Space Development & Test Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The STPSat-3 bus was built in 47 days utilizing a common spacecraft and features standard payload interfaces designed to support a variety of experimental and risk reduction payloads at various low-Earth orbits.

The STPSat-3 is Ball's second spacecraft for the STP-SIV program. The first, STPSat-2, was launched November 19, 2010, and continues operational support for launched payloads. The Ball Configurable Platform-100 (BCP-100) is flight proven for STP-SIV as well as other Ball Aerospace programs. Under contract to NASA, Ball will next employ the BCP-100 for the technology demonstration Green Propellant Infusion Mission.

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. supports critical missions for national agencies such as the Department of Defense, NASA, NOAA and other U.S. government and commercial entities. The company develops and manufactures spacecraft, advanced instruments and sensors, components, data exploitation systems and RF solutions for strategic, tactical and scientific applications. For more information visit http://www.ballaerospace.com.

Ball Corporation (BLL) is a supplier of high quality packaging for beverage, food, and household products, and of aerospace and other technologies and services, primarily for the U.S. government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employ more than 14,500 people worldwide and reported 2011 sales of more than $8.6 billion. For the latest Ball news and for other company information, please visit http://www.ball.com.

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Ball Aerospace Integrates Final Payload for STPSat-3