GOODRICH GOES LIVE WITH PERCEPTIVE’S HANDHELD NRC

Customized mobile maintenance system enters final implementation phase

NORCROSS, Georgia, April 27, 2001 - Perceptive Solutions, Inc., a mobile computing software company, today announced that The Goodrich Company (NYSE: GR), a leading supplier of third-party aircraft maintenance, has gone "live" with Perceptive’s Handheld NRC application.

The Aviation Services Division of Goodrich required an out-sourced, cost-effective, mobile hangar application that would work with existing enterprise systems. With Perceptive’s Handheld NRC, Goodrich was given the customized system they needed.

"Perceptive’s Handheld NRC delivered the functionality we required on time and on budget" said Jim Gahagan, Senior Director of Information & Technology Services at Goodrich’s Aviation Services Division. "The benefits of using Perceptive’s system have been immediate relative to improved, more efficient paperwork processes. This correlates to shortened turn times of aircraft heavy maintenance and modification visits", Gahagan continued.

The Perceptive Handheld NRC, an advanced computing solution using handheld devices and client-server software, lets Goodrich Inspectors write non-routine tasks electronically using a Symbol™ SPT1746 based on the PalmOS® platform. Using Handheld NRC, an inspector fills out an electronic non-routine card. Goodrich has deployed Handheld NRC for a major customer line and is considering using Handheld NRC for several other customers.

About BFGoodrich
With 2000 sales of $4.4 billion, The BFGoodrich Company (NYSE: GR) is a leading worldwide supplier of aerospace components, systems and services, as well as sealing and compressor systems and other engineered industrial products. BFGoodrich is ranked by Fortune magazine as one of the "Most Admired" aerospace companies and is included on Forbes magazine’s "Platinum List " of America’s best big companies. The company has its headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, and employs 23,000 people worldwide. On April 17, 2001 shareholders approved the change of the company name to Goodrich Corporation, effective June 1, 2001. For more information, please visit www.goodrich.com.

About Perceptive

Perceptive Solutions, Inc., a privately held software company headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia focuses on wireless handheld software that allows companies that maintain, repair, and overhaul high value, highly engineered assets to effectively interact with their enterprise software systems. RedStone accounts for nearly one out of every ten non-routines written in North America. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at www.perceptive-inc.com.