Dec 10, 2009

OSI Systems Optoelectronics Division Receives Contract Award for Approximately $6 Million

OSI Systems Optoelectronics Division Receives Contract Award for Approximately $6 Million 11.5 KB

HAWTHORNE, Calif., Dec 10, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that OSI Electronics, a business within its Optoelectronic and Manufacturing division, has received a contract award for approximately $6 million from ITT Corporation for electronic sub-assemblies. The electronic sub-assemblies are to be used by the U.S. Department of Defense ("DoD") in their Mine Resistant Ambush Protected ("MRAP") armored vehicle program.

OSI Systems Chief Executive Officer, Deepak Chopra stated, "We are pleased to continue to work on this critical DoD program. We expect that the sub-assemblies to be delivered under this contract will be shipped by the conclusion of fiscal 2010."

About OSI Systems, Inc.

OSI Systems, Inc. is a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of specialized electronic systems and components for critical applications in the homeland security, healthcare, defense and aerospace industries. We combine more than 30 years of electronics engineering and manufacturing experience with offices and production facilities in more than a dozen countries to implement a strategy of expansion into selective end product markets. For more information on OSI Systems Inc. or any of its subsidiary companies, visit www.osi-systems.com. News Filter: OSIS-G

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OSI Systems, Inc.
Jeremy Norton
Vice President, Investor Relations & Business Development
310-349-2372
jnorton@osi-systems.com