EOIR, Genex in contract to provide remote sensors

Published 26 January 2006

Sensing the presence of chemical or biological agents from a distance is better than stumbling on them unaware, and the market for remote sensor devices grows

Woodbridge, Virginia-based EOIR Technologies and Kensington, Maryland-based Genex Technologies, both wholly owned subsidiaries of Technest Holdings (OTC BB: TCNH.OB), have received contracts totaling $2.3 million from the U.S. Army’s Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) and other government customers for new orders for remote sensor technology products and engineering services. EOIR is working on a range of next-generation technology solutions for the NVESD, including night vision and advanced sensor applications, disposable sensors and other threat-detection systems. EOIR’s on-going NVESD Omnibus contract may provide a maximum ceiling amount of up to $80 million in fiscal year revenues. Many of the products and services being delivered on this contract use next-generation electro-optic and infrared sensor technologies. The Army’s NVESD is one of the more technologically innovative units in the U.S. military, and it has been responsible for numerous key innovations in the fields of optical electronics and thermal imaging for weapons targeting, electronic surveillance, and other mission-critical applications.

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