Sas R & D Services Awarded Contract for G20 Summit in Australia
Sas R & D Services of Miramar, Florida (SASRAD) were awarded a contract for 76 search & detection kits for use during the G20 Summit held in Brisbane Australia.
These kits included the Xpose Miniature hand held Contraband Detector -otherwise known as a density meter - the Ultimate repairable fiberscope as well as other items for inspection and search procedures. Training of the search operators was conducted by the SASRAD representatives in Australia.
The G20 membership comprises a mix of the world’s largest advanced and emerging economies, representing about two-thirds of the world’s population, 85 per cent of global gross domestic product and over 75 per cent of global trade. The members of the G20 are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union. Leaders of those countries were in attendance. The number of attendees exceeded 4000 high level diplomats plus press and observers.
This success follows on from a series of contracts for specialized SASRAD kits and equipment from US Government entities such as : The Department of Defence - DEA – US State Department for Overseas Embassies and the IRS. SASRAD Contraband Enforcement kits (CEK KITS®) contain everything needed to conduct security inspections of vehicles, boats, trains and planes....High Technology Xpose density meters®, Ultimate fiberscopes® or Videoscopes as well as a tiny fiberscope for inserting into vehicle tires to look inside without letting the air out. The highly thought of Xpose was manufactured to be the most rugged on the market ,drop tested from one meter onto concrete on all six sides. The Xpose contains radioactive material and has been manufactured in compliance with US Nuclear Regulatory Commission safety criteria. the purchaser is exempt from any regulatory requirements unlike similar products where very strict licensing regulations apply. The Ultimate fiberscopes are the only ones manufactured anywhere in the World, where the end user can repair a damaged fiberscope locally and save considerable operational downtime, not to mention expenses, in returning items to the production unit for repair.
Contraband found can be Narcotics, explosives, weapons, currency, WMD and even people and rare animals concealed in vehicles. SASRAD is also the provider of choice for Ultra Violet Scanners and specialized kits for detection of forged or altered documents, which are supplied to US Government, US Embassies as well as Internationally to overseas Governments.
SASRAD is a Business owned and operated by the same family for over 50 years – providing equipment to Government & Law Enforcement Agencies throughout the World. Originally established in the United Kingdom in 1962 the company moved its base of operations to the USA in 1990 to fulfill US Government Contracts. It has offices in South Florida & North Carolina, with production facilities in San Diego California and Plainfield Connecticut, The company has supplied equipment to well over 100 countries during its existence and for many years has been the World Leader in Hand held Contraband search & detection equipment and training.
