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Homeland Security

Contract Awards

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, September 14th, 2021

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Contract Awards

Silent Sentinel Osiris Ranger camera system. Photo: Silent Sentinel

Silent Sentinel Selected to Provide Cameras on Mexican Coast Silent Sentinel says it has been selected to provide its mid-wave infrared thermal imaging cameras to protect an 80 kilometer stretch of Mexico’s Pacific coast, which includes a naval base and tourist resorts. The Osiris cameras, which will be integrated with Terma maritime surveillance radar and vessel traffic service software, will guard against seaborne threats from human traffickers, pirates and cartels. Silent Sentinel, which is based in Britain and has a…

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