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Catcher Holdings Deploys At Nine Homeland Security And State Government Agencies

The CATCHER Rhino is a ruggedized mobile computer with integrated GPS, voice, data, biometric and a suite of communications technologies.
by Staff Writers
Leesburg VA (SPX) Mar 12, 2008
Catcher Holdings has announced the Company has received an initial contract to deploy its state of the art CATCHER Rhino hardened mobile computing devices with multiple federal and state government agencies for Homeland Security related applications.

This initial order is for 13 CATCHER Rhino hardened mobile computing devices, which will be deployed across nine federal and state governmental organizations for physical security assessment at potentially vulnerable Homeland Security locations.

"This contract represents a critical advance as we adapt the Catcher platform for Homeland Security and State Government applications and we view it as a major validation or our technologies and products. While this initial order is for a limited number of evaluation units, we anticipate receiving follow on orders and to deliver additional units under this contract. We are very pleased that our value added reseller relationships continue to mature, yielding exceptional opportunities to deliver highest quality solutions to security-related governmental organizations tasked with the safety and security of our nation," commented Gary Haycox, Catcher Holdings Chief Executive Officer.

"As the mission for security related governmental agencies continues to evolve, so have our products. Our advanced implementation of biometric identification features, such as iris scanning and fingerprint identification, were specifically designed to meet these changing needs and were pivotal in this recent decision to select our new product offering. We look forward to continuing to support our government's Homeland Security efforts."

The CATCHER Rhino is an advanced convergent device, produced by Catcher Holdings, Inc. The product is a ruggedized mobile computer with integrated GPS, voice, data, biometric and a suite of communications technologies. The computing platform, built to be MIL-STD 810F compliant, is based on embedded Intel chipsets, features an 80 Gigabyte hard drive and up to 2 Gigabytes of random access memory, dual batteries and an advanced 6.5" sunlight readable touch screen display.

Additional features include two video cameras with digital watermarking capabilities, biometric sensors including a fingerprint scanner an optional iris-scanning camera and digital voice recorder. A unique emergency alert attribute of the Rhino features a "Panic Button" that when depressed automatically begins recording the audio and video events that occur. A wired and wireless communications suite which includes Bluetooth, Wi-Fi-802.11 b/g and Gigabit Ethernet is standard.

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