DELTA SCIENTIFIC INSTALLS ROAD BARRIERS IN SYDNEY.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE - Delta Scientific announced it has installed anti-terrorist vehicle barriers at the international cruise ship terminal at Sydney Harbour in Australia. Delta's DSC (1) (Digital Signal Controller) A microcontroller and DSP combined on the same chip. It adds the interrupt-driven capabilities normally associated with a microcontroller to a DSP, which typically functions as a continuous process. See microcontroller and DSP. 501 barriers lie flat in the road until activated, at which point they spring up at a 45-degree angle. ``We are pleased that the Port of Sydney Harbour chose Delta Scientific barriers to protect this critical passenger terminal,'' Delta Scientific Senior Vice President David Dickinson For other persons named David Dickinson, see David Dickinson (disambiguation). David Dickinson (born David Gulessarian, 16 August, 1941 in Stockport, Cheshire) is an English antiques expert and television presenter of Armenian ancestry. said in a statement. ``The DSC501 was designed for the U.S. Navy, and has also been selected for use at U.S. embassies around the globe. We have installed over 1,000 of these high security barriers throughout the world.'' The DSC501 barricade is designed to stop and destroy a 15,000-pound vehicle traveling 50 mph. It is set in a foundation only 18 inches deep. At Sydney Harbour, the barriers prevent speeding vehicles from getting past the guard post at the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay QUAY, estates. A wharf at which to load or land goods, sometimes spelled key. 2. In its enlarged sense the word quay, means the whole space between the first row of houses of a city, and the sea or river 5 L. R. 152, 215. , where about 90 vessels are expected to dock during the busy summer months. Nearly 160,000 passengers are expected to come through the port, representing a major part of Australia's tourism industry. The anti-terrorist barriers were installed as part of an effort to upgrade security at ports in the state of New South Wales New South Wales, state (1991 pop. 5,164,549), 309,443 sq mi (801,457 sq km), SE Australia. It is bounded on the E by the Pacific Ocean. Sydney is the capital. The other principal urban centers are Newcastle, Wagga Wagga, Lismore, Wollongong, and Broken Hill. . Other heightened security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security include closed-circuit TV cameras, exclusion zones A zone established by a sanctioning body to prohibit specific activities in a specific geographic area. The purpose may be to persuade nations or groups to modify their behavior to meet the desires of the sanctioning body or face continued imposition of sanctions, or use or threat of and security patrols. Delta Scientific has more than 250,000 square feet of production facilities in Valencia and Palmdale. It builds high-security vehicle-barricade systems, parking-control equipment and guard booths. Corporate headquarters, equipment sales, systems engineering and technical service are in Valencia. |
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