Magal Security Systems announced that it has signed a $35.5 million contract for a turnkey project, to provide a fully integrated security system, covering multiple sites, for the African Cup of Nations Football Championship to be held in January 2012 in West Africa. The project will cover football grounds, the stadium and the Olympic villages for the participating teams. The full solution will be networked and integrated into several command and control centers by Fortis - Magal's state of the art Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) system. A built in hierarchical structure will enable control of several smaller centers by a main regional control center.

( Source: Reuters )