PRESS RELEASES
IDO Security Shoes-On Weapons Detection System Completes Successful Pilot Program at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport
TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IDO Security (OTC Bulletin Board: IDOI - News) a provider of innovative detection solutions for the homeland security market including the MagShoe(TM) high speed shoes-on portable footwear metal weapons detection system, today announced that the MagShoe(TM) Pilot Program at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport has been completed successfully.
"The one month pilot program at Terminal 3, Israel's main international terminal, was conducted and managed by the Security Technologies Division of the Israel Airport Authority -- IDO personnel were present only as observers. During the pilot program the MagShoe(TM) was tested both at passenger security screening checkpoints and at one of the Airport's employee and provider checkpoints. The pilot test program concluded with the MagShoe(TM) having successfully demonstrated its various capabilities," said Jorge Wolf, Chief Executive Officer of IDO Security Ltd.
"We are proud to have had our technology given the opportunity to be tested at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport, which is regarded as one of the world's most secure airports," said IDO Ltd. COO Henri Shabbat. "With Israeli airport security systems, procedures and technology standards regarded by many experts as among the most stringent in the world, we believe that the results of this pilot program will add to the growing validation of the MagShoe(TM) for airport security officials in many additional countries."
Information about the Israel Airport Authority is available on their website at: http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/BenGurion/
About IDO Security
IDO is engaged in the design, development and marketing of devices for the homeland security and loss prevention markets for use in security screening to detect metallic objects concealed on or in footwear, ankles and feet through the use of electro-magnetic fields. These devices were designed specifically for applications in the security screening to complement the current methods for the detection of metallic items during security screenings and at security checkpoints in venues such as airports, prisons, schools, stadiums and other public locations and other venues requiring individual security screening IDO's sole commercial product, "MagShoe" has been issued one patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in November 2005 covering various aspects of its unique technology and there is one patent application pending in Israel. In January 2006, the MagShoe was approved for use by the Department for Transport in the United Kingdom, after fields trials were conducted for the Home Office's Police Scientific Development Branch. In addition, IDO has been certified by the International Organization for Standardization ("ISO") under ISO 9001:2000 compliance for the design, development and manufacture of electronic, electro-optic and electro-mechanical systems
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