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Homeland Security

SureScan, Viken Charge OSI Systems Preying On Them Through Baseless Lawsuits

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 5th, 2021

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After losing business to U.S. government and international customers to two small companies in the security detection space, OSI Systems [OSIS] is using the legal system to unfairly target the companies to tarnish their reputations and force them to spend precious funding defending themselves rather than invest in their products, the top executives from SureScan Corp. and Viken Detection allege. In the case of Viken Detection, which in 2018 year beat out OSI’s American Science & Engineering (AS&E) business unit…

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