Coda Octopus Says Key Asian Ally Orders Echoscope for Mission-Critical Application.

NEW YORK -- Coda Octopus Group, Inc. (OTC BB: CDOC), a world leader in underwater security and terrorism prevention, today announced the first in what it believes will be a series of orders to deliver its patented real time 3D Sonar System, the Coda Echoscope[TM], to an important US ally in Asia, where the Echoscope will be deployed by the Navy in its most strategic international port to help meet a mission critical security challenge.

The contract also involves integration and training with existing active threat and target detection systems, and is expected to be completed within 90 days. Several Coda Echoscope[TM] systems are already being utilized in South East Asia for commercial applications involving sub-sea visualization.

The Company said the name of the customer, the port at which the Coda Echoscope[TM] is being deployed, and the value of the contract have been withheld at the request of the customer and its agent.

According to Jason Reid, Coda Octopus President and Chief Executive Officer, "Deploying the Echoscope in one of the world's 'hot spots' on a mission-critical security assignment creates new visibility for Coda Octopus, and for the use of real time 3D sonar in an underwater environment to identify and classify potential threats."

About Coda Octopus Group, Inc.

Originally founded in 1994 as Coda Technologies, the Coda Octopus Group has grown to encompass five companies and is headquartered in New York. All of the Group companies operate within the technology innovation, product development and engineering services sphere with facilities in Washington D.C., Florida, Utah, New York, the UK and Norway. Alongside providing custom engineering and development to navies, oil and gas, nuclear and medical clients around the world, one of the key products is the Coda Echoscope[TM] - the first real time 3D sub sea sonar. The Coda Echoscope[TM] is the heart of the Coda Underwater Inspection System[TM] being adopted for homeland security in ports around the world. With this patent revolutionizing sub sea visualization, and the existing systems integration skills within Colmek Systems Engineering, Inc and Martech Systems Engineering Ltd, the Coda Octopus Group companies believe they are well on the way to becoming the world's leading integrated sonar technology supplier.

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