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Magal Nabs Order for Port Security Solution in West African

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Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

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Israel's Magal Security Systems received a $2.6 million order for an integrated solution to secure a seaport in West Africa. Under the contract Magal S3 will deliver a solution that includes the DTR taut wire perimeter intrusion detection systems to protect several kilometers of coastline, gates and access control, radio communications, and static and pan-tilt-zoom cameras. All sensors and communications will be networked to two command and control centers through Magal's Fortis security management system. The management system will also…

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