L-3’s Miner Location Tracking System Selected by NIOSH
CHANTILLY, Va., May 21, 2008 – L-3 Communications’ Global Security & Engineering Solutions division (L-3 GS&ES) announced today that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) selected L-3’s Miner Location Tracking System as the sole program to advance to the system design and testing stages of the NIOSH research program.
The L-3 Miner Location Tracking system will provide highly-accurate, real-time tracking location capabilities for miners working underground, in both pre- and post-accident situations.
“We are excited by this opportunity to develop an additional advanced safety system for the underground mining industry.” said Jerry Bates, president of L-3 Global Security & Engineering Solutions. “The L-3 Miner Location Tracking system is an excellent complement to our L-3 Wireless Mesh Mine Communications system. This new capability enhances our growing portfolio of mine safety products and demonstrates L-3’s deep commitment to ensuring our nation’s miners return home safely at the end of every shift.”
L-3 was one of two companies awarded initial feasibility contracts by NIOSH in July 2007 to develop an advanced location tracking system in response to the 2006 MINER Act. L-3 GS&ES is developing the system in partnership with Multispectral Solutions, Inc. (MSSI), an industry leader in personnel tracking and locating systems for hazardous or challenging environments.
L-3 GS&ES is deploying its Miner Location Tracking system in an operational mine in the fall of 2008, and the system is expected to be available to the mining industry by the spring of 2009.
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