OSI Systems Receives $20 Million Order for Advanced Checked Baggage Inspection Systems Based on Real Time Tomography Technology

OSI Systems, Inc. OSIS, a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its Security division, Rapiscan Systems, received an approximately $20 million order to provide multiple units of the Real Time Tomography Inspection systems to Manchester Airport Group in the U.K., where these systems will be used to automatically inspect checked passenger baggage for explosives and other potential threats. The RTT is a revolutionary solid-state CT system that can achieve speed and operational dynamics significantly superior to existing CT designs. RTT provides high-resolution 3-D images at exceptional speeds processing up to 1,800 bags per hour, which equates to the highest throughput available on the market today. Initial models of the RTT are targeted at the aviation checked-baggage inspection market. Rapiscan Systems' President, Ajay Mehra, commented, "Our next generation CT system, the RTT, allows airports to upgrade their baggage inspection infrastructure, with minimal modifications, to meet higher standards of screening required in the EU without sacrificing the operational throughput required by airports. The unique mix of CT detection performance and high throughput positions the RTT in a class by itself, and makes it the first system that truly bridges the gap between EU and US requirements." The order by Manchester is the initial commercial sale of the Real Time Tomography system, which offers airports significant improvement over existing security screening technologies in threat detection and operational efficiency.