THE O’GARA GROUP RECEIVES FIRST-EVER ORDER FROM UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
U.S. Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance Group to Use Highly Advanced Night Vision Goggles from The O’Gara Group
Cincinnati, Ohio – November 7, 2006 -- The O’Gara Group, Inc. today announced
that its Sensor Technology Systems, Inc. (STS)
subsidiary received a $6.4 million purchase order from the United States Marine Corps (USMC) for
a significant number of STS’s advanced AN/PVS-21 Low Profile Night Vision Goggles (LPNVG). While
these highly advanced night vision goggles have
been sold to Special Operations and other government agency customers, this order from the USMC
is the company’s first from regular military service groups of the U.S. Department of Defense.
“STS has worked with the U.S. Marine Corps over several years to understand its requirements
and provide a solution that meets the specific needs of the USMC Force Reconnaissance Group for
night missions,” said Michael (Chip) Lennon, Chief Operating Officer of The
O’Gara Group. “We look forward to providing long-term support to the U.S. Marine
Corps Force Reconnaissance Group operators in the field with these advanced night vision goggles.”
The order from the USMC will be delivered through 2007.
“This order represents The O’Gara Group’s strategic efforts to expand its markets
and extend its technologies to larger, regular military forces,” said Bill T. O’Gara,
CEO of The O’Gara Group. “Providing our products to the U.S. Marines significantly
increases our customer base and further validates our technology.”
The AN/PVS-21 Low Profile Night Vision Goggle is
lightweight and has a rugged, low-profile binocular (or monocular) design that provides unmatched
sensor fusion capabilities in diverse and aggressive operational environments. STS’s LPNVG
is the only production NVG with an integrated
Heads-Up Display capability which allows video signals, such as navigation data or the output
of a thermal scope, to be presented directly into the operator’s night vision scene.
