SARASOTA, Fla., May 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has awarded a phase II contract to Gyrocam Systems for continued development and delivery of improvised explosive devices detection technology.
Under a $302 million Army Vehicle Optic Sensor System program contract, Florida-based Gyrocam will continue work on a day-and-night vision and thermal imaging camera network designed to locate IED threats. The Gyrocam mast-mounted vehicle camera network has been deployed by the U.S. military for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
With the award, Gyrocam, a developer of gyro stabilized camera systems for the military, intelligence markets among others, will provide an additional 500 cameras to the U.S. military. The announced phase II deal brings the total number of the IED detection cameras ordered from the company to 800.
"In a short time, Gyrocam has won multiple consecutive contracts with the Department of Defense that have resulted in getting vital equipment to the war fighter as needed," Darrell Egner, Gyrocam Systems chairman and chief executive officer, said in a statement.
"We have succeeded by focusing our efforts on what the war fighter needs to search, identify and engage in the fight against IEDs and insurgents. By building up critical inventory, we have been able to deploy fully integrated systems within a matter of weeks to anywhere in the world."
