General Atomics Electronic Systems wins $11.5 million EPA contract.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA) in support of its National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory (NAREL) has awarded General Atomics Electronic Systems, Inc. (GA-ESI) a contract valued at $11.5 million for supplying environmental radiological air monitoring instrumentation systems as an integral part of its national Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring System (ERAMS) network .

GA-ESI Project Manager Brian Asamoto stated: "We are very pleased to have been awarded this contract by the US-EPA. With the cooperation of Hi-Q of San Diego, CA, and RTS of Rome, Italy, we are supplying systems for installation in 180 cities throughout the United States. These stations will transmit radiological and meteorological measurement data to a central location via satellite or wireless communication."

Contact: Brian Asamoto, (858) 522-8342
March 3, 2005, San Diego, CA