OSI Systems Garners $61M in International Security Awards
OSI Systems [OSIS] in December said it received $61 million in various security detection contracts with international customers for its cargo and vehicle inspection systems. The customers were not disclosed. The largest awards, about $39 million, is for several platforms of Rapiscan X-Ray fixed and mobile cargo and vehicle inspection systems. The award includes multi-year service, support and training. Another award, valued at $12 million, is for high-throughput Z Portal drive-through inspection systems for trucks and cargo, and ZBV mobile inspection systems. The award, which is with a long-standing customer, includes follow-on maintenance and support. The final award, valued at $10 million, also for ZBVs and includes multi-year follow-on maintenance and support.
L3Harris Receives $9M Coast Guard Contract for Polar Security Cutter Comms
The Coast Guard in December awarded L3 Harris Technologies [LHX] a potential $9 million contract for the design, testing and production of the communication management system (CMS) for the service’s three planned Polar Security Cutter. The initial value of the award is $2.7 million for the first of the heavy icebreakers. The CMS provides classified and unclassified switching system, common end-user terminals and software for connectivity between radios, modems, cryptographic equipment, classified communication capable user terminals, recording devices and internal voice network equipment.
Icelandic Police Select IDEMIA for Biometric Entry-Exit System
IDEMIA says it has been selected by the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police and Isavia, the operator of Keflavik airport and other airports, to provide a biometric-based border management system for all air and sea border crossing points. The system will be operations this year and will manage about 10 million travelers annually with manned and automated controls. IDEMIA says its Augmented Borders solution will equip border crossing points with the TravelKiosk multi-biometric self-service and automated TravelLane eGates. By 2022, new European Union regulations will require that biometric data, including face and fingerprints, of third country nationals be captured and identified at the Schengen Area’s external borders.