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Xenonics
Receives Order
for $167k
Xenonics Holdings, Inc. has announced
that the Defense Supply Center Columbus
Aviation Supply Chain Detachment has
ordered 71 NightHunterIIs, a contract worth
$167,000.00.
Xenonics develops and produces
Vis-à-pix Presents Intelligent Video
advanced, lightweight and compact ultra-
high intensity illumination products for
Analysis Software
military, law enforcement, public safety, and
commercial and private sector applications. Vis-à-pix is currently marketing its powerful enabling them to avoid the enormous costs
Currently, NightHunters are in use by every video analysis solutions. Its portfolio includes of manual people counting.
branch of the U.S. Armed Forces as well as a “People Counter”, software which detects The company has also developed a
wide variety of law enforcement and security crowds and counts persons, and “Vehicle solution for significantly improving license
agencies. Using its breakthrough patented Detector”, which identifies vehicles and their number plate identification. The intelligent
technology, Xenonics provides innovative license plate numbers. video analysis software can identify an
solutions for customers that demand the Vis-à-pix People Counter analyses the approaching object automatically even in the
ability to see farther so that they can do their content of video streams and automatically most difficult light and weather conditions.
job better and safer. detects the number of persons visible. This The system identifies vehicles and reads all
can be achieved even with big crowds. current European and international license
Correctly counting passers-by and custom- plates. It verifies the received data with
ers is becoming increasingly important for an integrated database. Vis-à-pix Vehicle
TSA Purchases security reasons. Entrances to big events, Detector makes it easy to control access to
147 GE
airports, or stations must be protected company premises or private parking lots. If
from overcrowding - video analysis is access is permitted, barriers or other entry
EntryScans
essential whenever you need to know how systems can be activated. The system can
many people enter or leave a certain zone. also be used for traffic monitoring and has
Detecting growing waiting lines automati- numerous advantages for public institutions.
GE Security has announced that the cally can be useful for security reasons or In order to identify unauthorised vehicles
U.S. Department of Homeland Security in order to provide better service. Whenever travelling in limited access lanes, such as
(DHS) has awarded it a contract for 147 waiting lines should not grow above a in bus lanes or on tramlines, Vis-à-pix
high-tech, “trace” explosives detection certain pre-determined benchmark, Vis-à- Vehicle Detector automatically distinguishes
portals, the largest contract ever of this pix People Counter automatically informs between authorised vehicles such as buses,
kind. When deployed, these portals will your service staff. These functions also trams, taxis or emergency vehicles, and
bring the number of GE EntryScan units offer new solutions to transport companies, unauthorised ones.
protecting commercial aviation passen-
gers at airports across the United States
to 176.
The GE EntryScan, popularly known
El Al Israel Airlines Install Flight Guard
as a “puffer,” is already in use by DHS’s
Transportation Security Administration
on Entire Fleet
(TSA), to detect explosives at airports
throughout the United States. The con- Reports have emerged that El Al Israel Airlines has installed anti-missile systems on all its
tract, awarded by the TSA, also calls for planes. If so, it would be the first commercial carrier to have done so.
installation, training and maintenance for El Al is said to have opted for “Flight Guard”, which automatically releases diversionary
the 147 machines. GE expects deploy- flares if a heat-seeking missile is detected by on-board sensors.
ments to begin in the first quarter of Flight Guard is fully automatic and has a very short reaction time. Through its accurate
2006 and to be completed by mid-year. “Time To Impact” measurement, it offers optimal and timely countermeasures activation,
with a 360° coverage, operational in all weather conditions.
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