Star Appoints VP-Sales

TORONTO, May 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. (CSE:SNA) (CSE:SNA.CN) (OTCQB:SNAVF) ("Star" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Barney Lassche as Vice President, Sales.

Mr. Lassche has a 32 year career in sales and an in-depth knowledge of the Company and its STAR-A.D.S.® System line of products. For the past eight years, Mr. Lassche has worked extensively with management and with the Engineering and R&D departments at Star, providing overall coordination and forward planning services.

Mr. Lassche will report directly to and work closely with, Mr. Jean-Louis Larmor, Star's Chief Operating Officer, who has an extensive background in the aerospace industry. Mr. Larmor's previous positions include:

Director - Thales International Canada,

Director Business Development ? Aerospace, Thales International, North America,

Vice President- Strategy and Business Development, Sextant Avionique,

Marketing and Sales positions with Aerospatiale, France.

Mr. Lassche will concentrate his efforts on the current STAR-A.D.S.® System line of products ? STAR-A.D.S.®, STAR-T.T.T.tm STAR-V-trktm, and Star's soon to be fielded Emergency medical services solution:  STAR-ISAMMtm. Mr. Lassche worked closely with the engineering team on the latter applications of STAR-A.D.S.®.

STAR-M.M.I.tm Division sales will continue to be handled directly by Mr. Larmor.

About Star Navigation:

Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. owns the exclusive worldwide license to its proprietary, patented In-flight Safety Monitoring System, STAR-ISMS®, the heart of the STAR-A.D.S. ® System. Its real-time capability of tracking performance trends and predicting incident-occurrence enhances aviation safety and improves fleet management while reducing costs for the operator.

Stars' M.M.I.tm Division designs and manufactures high performance, mission critical, flight deck flat panel displays for defence and commercial aviation industries worldwide. These displays are found on aircraft and simulators, from P-3 Orion and C-130 aircraft, to Sikorsky and AgustaWestland helicopters, as examples.

Certain statements contained in this News Release constitute forward-looking statements. When used in this document, the words "may", "would", "could", "will", "expected" and similar expressions, as they relate to Star or its management are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect Star's current views with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors could cause Star's actual performance or achievements to vary from those described herein. Should one or more of these factors or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying forward-looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Star does not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

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Viraf S. Kapadia, (416) 252-2889 Ext. 230

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