Digital Barriers wins $2m Middle East deal for 'threat detection' camera

The multi-year deal, which will start in the current financial year, will see the AIM-listed company supply a number of ThruVis cameras to “help protect secure locations and crowded public spaces from the threat of terrorist attack”.

The contract comes after the company's first deal with the US Transportation Security Administration and the recent collaboration with G4S.

Chief executive Zak Doffman said: “Now for the first time, after ten years and tens of millions of dollars in public and private investment, we can genuinely detect concealed weapons and explosives being carried into crowded public spaces, onto transport networks, or into airports. No other technology anywhere in the world can match ThruVis for performance and usability, as has been categorically proven in recent independent government testing."

The company claims ThruVis can be used in various settings, including transport terminals, stadia and event venues, to identify potential threats in real time without disrupting crowds.

It reported the camera system was 100% successful in identifying suicide vests and weapons concealed under clothing, in recent independent government testing.

Shares in Digital Barriers were up 2.34% to 37.10p at 0807 GMT.