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LOCH TO TEST ELF LANDMINE DETECTOR AT U.S. ARMY FACILITY
AUSTIN, Texas, May 19, 2000 - CEO Rodney Boone of Loch Harris, Inc. (OTCBB:
LOCH) announced today that the company's Tucson, Ariz.-based subsidiary, Chemical
Detection Technology, Inc., will spend two days this month testing its proprietary ELF
landmine detector at a U.S. Army testing facility. While the facility has been provided for
Loch Harris' use, the testing itself is not being sponsored, endorsed, or officially observed by
the Army.
Boone also revealed that ChemTech engineers have mounted the ELF system on a motorized
platform to prepare for these tests. "The platform is expected to provide ELF with
expeditious movement and more stable pointing and scanning capabilities," he said.
"ELF, which stands for Eliminate Landmines Forever, uses a low-power x-ray excitation
source and proprietary software to identify explosives by reading the 'scatter effect
fingerprint' in real time," said Boone. "The advantage it claims over other known detection
systems is its ability to do this in a forward-looking manner - up to two meters in tests so far -
compared to competitive technologies that may come as close as four inches."
"This is another opportunity to understand how ELF will perform in real-life conditions
outside the laboratory," said Dr. Henry Blair, ChemTech's chief scientist and inventor of
ELF. "The Army test facility provides large numbers of landmines of various configurations,
some of which have been buried for three to four years. We will be able to quantify
assumptions in ELF's design that have heretofore have been based primarily on laboratory
simulations. This is exactly the environment Project ELF requires for preparatory testing.
Mines at the testing facility contain both antipersonnel mines and large antitank devices. They
are buried in areas covered by a variety of surface materials, including soil and gravel, with a
scattering of "dummy" mines to test the false alarm characteristics of a detection system.
"The Army test fields are well documented as to type and location, and these data will
demonstrate ELF's performance," said Blair. "This is a very exciting event in the
development of ELF. ChemTech appreciates this opportunity to more fully evaluate the
technology."
For further information contact: Investor Communications Group, Phone (770) 351-9700;
Fax (770) 351-0700; Or Dwain Marshall, Loch Harris, Inc., Phone (512) 328-7808; Fax
(512) 341-7721; Or visit our Web site at lochharris.com. |
