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Contract for Entry Control Point Non-Intrusive Inspection Solutions
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Combines OSI Systems' Advanced Personnel Screening and Vehicle
Inspection Technologies
HAWTHORNE, Calif.--(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 its Security
division, Rapiscan Systems, has been awarded a three-year Indefinite
Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at up to $248
million from the U.S. Army for Entry Control Point Non-Intrusive
Inspection systems. Under the contract, the U.S. Army may purchase
multiple products and services, including Rapiscan's Eagle Cargo and
Vehicle Inspection products and Rapiscan's Secure 1000 personnel
screening solution.
Rapiscan will be a prime contractor for the IDIQ, which is part of the
U.S. Army's Joint Program Office for Chemical and Biological Defense,
Force Protection Systems. The IDIQ will be used to help fulfill the U.S.
Army's global force protection requirements. Rapiscan is one of seven
awardees for this IDIQ contract.
OSI Systems Chairman and CEO, Deepak Chopra, stated: "We are pleased to
support the U.S. Army with our advanced personnel screening and Cargo
and Vehicle Inspection products. This contract will allow us to
demonstrate how Rapiscan solutions can be deployed in even the most
demanding environments to provide comprehensive screening capabilities."
Rapiscan Systems' industry leading Eagle® Cargo and Vehicle Inspection
product line uses proprietary high-energy X-ray technology to provide
comprehensive and efficient detection of contraband, weapons, narcotics
and other potential threat items in a wide range of containers and
vehicles. Rapiscan System's Secure 1000 personnel screening system is
designed to help screeners detect potential threat objects concealed on
passengers. Using proprietary imaging technology and image processing
software, the system offers advantages over alternatives such as metal
detectors and hand searches, because it can rapidly help screeners
comprehensively detect non-metallic threats and explosives, as well as
metal objects.
Rapiscan Systems President, Ajay Mehra commented: "This significant
contract award builds on our substantial experience supporting the U.S.
DOD and underscores that sophisticated customers such as the U.S. Army
are increasingly looking for Rapiscan to not only provide great
technology, but also provide solutions that address their most important
operational and security requirements."
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.
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OSI Systems Inc.
Ajay Vashishat
Vice President,
Business Development
310-349-2237
avashishat@osi-systems.com
Source: OSI Systems, Inc.
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