OSI Systems Receives Order from Government of Nigeria for Rapiscan Secure 1000 Single Pose Advanced Imaging Technology Body S...
February 23 2010 - 7:35AM
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
received a contract award from the Government of Nigeria for
multiple Rapiscan Secure 1000 Single Pose Advanced Imaging
Technology body scanners.
The awards follow the recent announcement by the Nigerian
Federal Executive Council to deploy the Advanced Imaging Technology
systems in wake of the recent terrorist incident on Northwest
Airlines Flight 253 on December 25, 2009. The systems are expected
to be installed in all four of the country’s international airports
and to be used to screen passengers traveling to the U.S. as well
other countries.
OSI Systems Chairman and CEO, Deepak Chopra, stated: “We are
pleased to be working closely with the Government of Nigeria to
deploy the Rapiscan Secure 1000 Single Pose. We think that the
Secure 1000 Single Pose is ideal for rapidly growing aviation
markets such as Nigeria’s. It is easy to operate and service. Its
backscatter technology provides significant detection benefits,
while at the same time it offers the best passenger throughput of
any available screening system.”
The Secure 1000 Single Pose has been approved by the U.S.
Transportation Security Administration and is currently being
deployed at airports in the U.S. and the United Kingdom. The Secure
1000 Single Pose uses advanced backscatter technology and
proprietary image processing software to rapidly detect potential
threats on passengers at aviation checkpoints. The Secure 1000
Single Pose is designed to help screeners detect potential threat
objects concealed on passengers. Using backscatter imaging
technology and proprietary 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. In addition, the system, which complies with all
U.S. government passenger privacy and safety requirements, is
configured to improve overall checkpoint efficiency: to complete
the scan, a passenger faces the Secure 1000 Single Pose while front
and back scans are generated and within seconds, a computer-aided
image is presented for inspection, thereby streamlining the
screening process.
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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This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Such statements include information regarding the
company's expectations, goals or intentions about the future,
including orders that may be placed under the IDIQ contract issued
to Rapiscan Systems for its Secure 100 Single Pose. The actual
results may differ materially from those described in or implied by
any forward-looking statement. In particular, because the contract
is an IDIQ arrangement, the Government may not ultimately place
orders with Rapiscan Systems for the full contract amount. Other
important factors are set forth in the Securities and Exchange
Commission filings OSI Systems, Inc. All forward-looking statements
speak only as of the date made, and the company undertakes no
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