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Q-Free wins US Homeland Security contract

Q-Free’s Homeland Security Division, Prometheus Security Group Global, has been awarded a contract to provide its proprietary VICADS Video Management system for installation at a major undisclosed US Military facility. The contract, which will be delivered within the first half of 2016, is valued at US$1.5 million with an option for a further increase valued at US$582,000. Prometheus Security Group Global, which provides high-end critical asset protection equipment and services to the Homeland Security m
February 22, 2016 Read time: 1 min
108 Q-Free’s Homeland Security Division, Prometheus Security Group Global, has been awarded a contract to provide its proprietary VICADS Video Management system for installation at a major undisclosed US Military facility. The contract, which will be delivered within the first half of 2016, is valued at US$1.5 million with an option for a further increase valued at US$582,000.

Prometheus Security Group Global, which provides high-end critical asset protection equipment and services to the Homeland Security market, was separated from Q-Free Open Roads to spearhead this market.

“We are pleased to secure this contract in the Homeland Security market in the US, and the award proves that our increased focus on this growing market is continuing to materialise in contracts,” comments Q-Free acting CEO, Roar Østbø.

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