LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/07/08 -- Universal Detection Technology
(www.udetection.com) (OTCBB: UNDT) (FRANKFURT: PO8), a developer of
early-warning monitoring technologies to protect people from bioterrorism
and other infectious health threats and provider of counter-terrorism
consulting and training services, reported today that it has received and
fulfilled a contract to provide radiation detection
equipment for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The devices are capable of
detecting Gamma and Neutron Radiation and are designed to provide portal
protection and have been delivered to Beijing ahead of the Olympic Games.
The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG)
is responsible for all aspects of security for the Olympics. BOCOG plans to
deploy 80,000 security personnel for the Olympics. According to Liu Shaowu,
the BOCOG security department director, "BOCOG has finished more than 52
schemes and more than 500 specific plans for security, transportation,
fire-fighting, anti-terrorism and VIP protection. Beijing will host safe
Games."
UNDT has supplied
equipment that will be used for search and identification of gamma and neutron
radioactive materials. The instruments feature the capability to
identify the detected isotopes and characterize categories from medical,
industrial, natural occurring radioactive materials (NORM) and special
nuclear materials (SNM). Because of their high sensitivity, they can be
used to verify any alarm triggered by a fix-installed monitor or by a
radiation pager, to locate sources, measure radiation levels, and even to
identify the detected isotope. The instruments are ideally suited for
First Responders, Border Control, Customs inspectors, site security in
critical infrastructures, and for all missions related to the control of
nuclear materials.
-- Gamma & neutron independent channels
-- Very high sensitivity, fast response
-- Relative thresholds to background
-- Real time rejection of sudden background variation (VBS algorithm)
-- Automated spectra acquisition on alert and identification (NMD
algorithm)
-- Clear discrimination of risk category
-- Visual and audible alarms
-- Wireless communication interface
-- Designed to meet / exceeds ITRAP and ANSI standards
"The fulfillment of this contract for the Beijing Olympics is another
significant milestone for our company," said Mr. Jacques Tizabi, UNDT's
Chief Executive Officer. "We will continue to pursue clients of this
caliber and prestige with our full spectrum of CBRNE detection equipment,"
he added.
The contract to supply UNDT's radiation detection equipment for the 2008
Beijing Olympics has come from F&D International Corporation. For more
information please visit our website at www.udetection.com or
Universal Detection Technology is a developer of monitoring technologies,
including bioterrorism detection devices. The Company on its own and with
development partners is positioned to capitalize on opportunities related
to Homeland Security. For example, the Company, in cooperation with NASA,
has developed a bacterial spore detector that detects certain biohazard
substances. The Company is also a reseller of handheld assays used for
detection of five bioterrorism agents, radiation detection systems, and
antimicrobial products. For more information, please visit
http://www.udetection.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Except for historical information contained herein, the statements in this
news release are forward-looking statements that involve known and unknown
risks and uncertainties, which may cause the Company's actual results,
performance and achievement in the future to differ materially from
forecasted results, performance, and achievement. The Company undertakes no
obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to these
forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or
circumstances after the date hereof, or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events or changes in the Company's plans or expectations.
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