Underwater Anti-Terrorism Technology to Patrol San Francisco Bay

NEW YORK, 10 Aug. 2008. Coda Octopus Group Inc.'s Underwater Inspection System (UIS), developed in cooperation with the U.S. Coast Guard, has been purchased by the Sheriff's Office of Contra Costa County, Calif. Contra Costa County will be the first on the West Coast to permanently deploy the UIS, developed after the 9/11 attacks to address the need for a new generation of port security technology to respond to underwater threats.

"The UIS will play the key role in enhancing our underwater security capability and assisting our efforts to secure shore side critical infrastructure in the California Bay and Delta regions. This is the only system of its kind that can produce the sort of detailed information we need and in real time, which significantly improves our capability to protect the public", comments Lieutenant Will Duke of the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff.

Jason Reid, Coda Octopus president and CEO, views the Contra Costa order as a significant milestone for the Company. "We have always envisaged the ports and local law enforcement agencies of the United States as a very large and important market for these devices", Reid says. "The orders in recent months by Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and now Contra Costa confirm our belief in the uniqueness and importance of the technology and of the products we have to offer."