Contra Costa County Purchases Underwater Inspection System from Coda
Octopus
Coda Octopus Group, Inc. (OTCBB: CDOC) said today the Company's
Underwater Inspection System™ (UIS), developed
in cooperation with the US Coast Guard, has been purchased by the Sheriff's
Office of Contra Costa County, CA. Contra Costa County will be the first
on the West Coast to permanently deploy the UIS, developed after the
9/11 attacks to address the need for a new generation of port security
technology to respond to underwater threats.
"The UIS will play the key role in enhancing
our underwater security capability and assisting our efforts to secure
shore side critical infrastructure in the California Bay and Delta
regions. Having seen this unique technology in action when the All-Star
Game was held in San Francisco, we are very excited to add this powerful
3D real time sonar technology to our counter terrorism efforts. This is
the only system of its kind that can produce the sort of detailed
information we need and in real time, which significantly improves our
capability to protect the public", commented
Lieutenant Will Duke of the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff.
Jason Reid, Coda Octopus President and CEO, said he viewed the Contra
Costa order as a significant milestone for the Company. "We
have always envisaged the ports and local law enforcement agencies of
the United States as a very large and important market for these devices",
Reid said. "The orders in recent months by
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and now Contra
Costa confirm our belief in the uniqueness and importance of the
technology and of the products we have to offer",
he continued.
Reid also said, "A large number of US law
enforcement agencies and ports have shown significant interest in the
UIS, and we look forward to confirming additional orders in the near
future."
About the Underwater Inspection System (UIS)
The UIS system, which was utilized by the San Francisco Police
Department as part of the security efforts at last year's
All-Star Baseball Game, utilizes Coda's
patented real time 3D sonar technology, the Coda Echoscope™,
to identify and classify objects underwater, enabling much more rapid
and effective searches of ports and waterways.