OSI Systems Awarded $8 Million Contract for RTT Explosive Detection Systems
HAWTHORNE, Calif.- OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIS) today announced that its security division, Rapiscan Systems, has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $8 million from a major international airport to provide multiple units of Rapiscan Systems' RTT™ 110 (Real Time Tomography) explosives detection system (EDS).
Deepak Chopra, OSI Systems CEO, commented: "We are proud of our success with RTT EDS technology and its rapid acceptance in the marketplace. We look forward to serving this airport customer with a system enabling faster throughput and advanced threat detection compared to their existing infrastructure."
The RTT employs a proprietary solid-state approach to provide high-resolution 3-D imaging and its unique design allows the efficient inspection of hold baggage and air cargo while maintaining capability to meet the most recent threat detection standards. RTT has passed the European Civil Aviation Conference's (ECAC) HBS EDS Standard 3 threat detection requirement and has been deployed by airports and air logistics providers.
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.
OSI Systems, Inc.
Ajay Vashishat
Vice President, Business Development
310-349-2237
avashishat@osi-systems.com
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