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US Navy To Trial New Mobilarm Vhf Personal Locator Beacon For Submariners
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14 May 2010 by host
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US Navy submariners are expected in late May 2010 to begin sea trials and evaluation of a new VHF Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) being developed by Mobilarm, following a Sole Source contract awarded to the company by the United States Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). The contract with Mobilarm is for the provision of a modified version of the company's innovative VHF Personal Locator Beacon, the Mobilarm V100, for testing and associated engineering services. The initial contract is valued at up to US$400,000, with significant growth opportunities upon evaluation success.
In independent trials, Mobilarm's VHF PLBs have outperformed existing technology with their ability to help rescue teams find people in the water and plan their rescue more effectively. The US Navy contract provides for a new submariner version of the Mobilarm VHF PLB to be evaluated and considered as a safety-enhancing addition to survival suits, to enable locating and tracking of evacuated submariners.
"This is a very exciting global defence opportunity for Mobilarm and our first defence contract. It enables Mobilarm's marine safety products and associated engineering services to be comprehensively evaluated by NAVSEA for use with submarine survival suits," comments Mobilarm CEO Lindsay Lyon.
In its own announcement of the Sole Source contract NAVSEA stated: "Mobilarm Limited is the only known company which currently possesses this device which meets the Navy's technical and schedule requirements to support test and evaluation. No other source has the technical capability to perform the work described herein in the time frame required to meet the Navy's operational needs."
Successful US Navy trials of the VHF PLB could also lead to the product being recommended as a standard for submarine escape systems across all NATO submarine defence forces. Early in the year Mobilarm was invited to showcase its submariner PLB at the NATO Submarine Escape Equipment Panel Meeting in the United Kingdom. Mr. Lyon, present at the meeting said there was a very positive reaction from the delegates to Mobilarm's technology.
"Mobilarm's safety products utilise world leading technology, with application across all maritime sectors, but the NAVSEA contract is a particularly important progression for Mobilarm, and has the potential to create significant opportunity for the company," concludes Lyon.
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