24 April 2003

Commenting on the order, Bill Mawer, Managing Director of Smiths Detection at Watford said, "This order continues our long relationship with the Australian DoD who already have our CAM Chemical Agent Monitor, GID-2A, and GID-3 in service. The order follows a trend that we are observing since the World Trade Centre attacks. Departments of Defence and Ministries of The Interior overseas are turning to a trusted supplier of chemical and biological defence equipment to meet their requirements, not just for their armed forces but also for their civil defence and for counter terrorism."

The LCD 3 offers protection and detection to individuals and small groups of people operating outside of the normal detection umbrella provided by items such as the Smiths Detection GID-3 (ACADA). Key to its performance is LCD's base size, weight (485 grams) and detection capability.

About Smiths:

Smiths Detection and Smiths Heimann form the detection and security systems business of Smiths Aerospace. They are both world leaders in their markets - Smiths Detection in trace detection equipment for chemical & biological agents, explosives and narcotics; Smiths Heimann in x-ray security systems to detect illegal or hazardous items and explosives. Smiths Aerospace, a part of Smiths Group, is the leading transatlantic aerospace equipment company, with its 12,000 staff and $2bn revenues split equally between Europe and North America