Smiths Detection to Supply Paraguay with Mobile Inspection Systems
Smiths Detection says it has won a contract to provide low and high-energy mobile inspection systems to the Paraguayan Customs Service. Smiths Detection, part of Smiths Group, says it will supply an HCVMe35 high energy X-Ray system for screening vehicles and cargo and its low-energy ScanVan 8585 mobile checkpoint to screen small packages and goods. The contract, the value of which was not disclosed, also includes technical support and a multi-year warranty. The HCVMe35 is the third system of its kind to be purchased by Paraguayan Customs. Smiths Detection won the order through its local partner Grupo Empresarial Preventec S.A.
Magal Wins $12M in New Orders
Magal Security Systems, Ltd. [MAGS] says it recently won new orders worth $12 million from several customers. The largest order, $6.4 million, is for a project to secure multiple secondary power stations in Latin America. A second order for $2.5 million is for a perimeter intrusion detection system, CCTV and access control and will be supplied to a Western government military installation within the next two years. The third largest order, for $1.6 million, is an integrated security solution for a large electrical utility company in Canada and includes fence mounted perimeter sensors, smart gates, biometric-based access control, door locks, IP CCTV with IR illumination and a video management system. The rest of the orders come from security integrators in Poland and Latin America and include maintenance agreements as well as the company’s new-generation of fence mounted sensors, which include the long-range fiber optic sensor and a copper-based ranging sensor.
AS&E Announces 200 MINI Z Order for Chinese Customers
American Science & Engineering [ASEI] says it has received an order for 200 MINI Z handheld Z Backscatter imaging systems for customers in China for public safety applications. It is the first order of the system for the Chinese market. “China is one of our targeted growth areas and this order, the largest single MINI Z booking to date, confirms that we are making progress on our geographic expansion strategy,” says Chuck Dougherty, the company’s president and CEO. “The strong presence of the MINI Z worldwide provides us with an ideal entry point for new markets and new customers.” The MINI Z provides portable, real-time detection of hidden drugs, explosives and other organic threats and contraband. The company introduced the system last June.
DNDO Extends Schafer Contract for Support Services
The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) has extended by three months its contract with Schafer Corp. to provide Science, Engineering, and Technical Assistance support services. The value of the current contract, which was awarded in 2012, is $5 million. DNDO is recompeting the contract, which expires in July following the three-month extension.
Coast Guard Awards HII $500 Million for Final National Security Cutter
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] has received a $499.8 million contract from the Coast Guard to build the eighth and final National Security Cutter (NSC), which will be delivered in 2019. The contract price is in line with the $497 million the company received one year ago for the seventh NSC, which will be delivered in 2018. “We are performing extremely well in this program, proving the point that serial production is the most efficient and effective way to build complex military ships,” says Jim French, NSC program manager at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. “We continue to fold in learning for each ship we build, and the three under construction right now are tracking well because of this knowledge.” So far HII has delivered four NSCs to the Coast Guard and three more are currently under construction. The James will be delivered this year, the Munro in 2016, and the Kimball in 2018. Last summer the Coast Guard awarded HII $76.7 million to procure long-lead materials for NSC 8, the Midgett (WMSL-757).