NEW YORK COURTHOUSE WILL GET DELTA BARRIERS.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE -- Delta Scientific says the U.S. Courthouse in Syracuse, New York
Syracuse (IPA: , will get the 255th Delta counterterrorist-barricade system to protect a federal courthouse or associated building. The Department of Justice has been purchasing Delta's barricade systems over the past 18 years, and 103 are in place. ``The Department of Justice has done a good job of securing their critical facilities,'' said 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. , Delta Scientific senior vice president. ``They have used 32 different barricade models out of over 50 Delta Scientific options.'' Delta vehicle barricades control the entrances and exits of buildings, keeping unauthorized vehicles from parking too close to a structure or in subterranean garages where explosives can have a devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. effect. When in service, Delta systems remain in the upright position Upright position or erect position, in a frequency-division multiple access multiplexer, means that a signal is upconverted to the multiplexer band without inverting the frequencies. See inverted position. , providing a barrier to any vehicle wanting to enter. Upon authorization, the barricade, bollard bol·lard n. 1. Nautical A thick post on a ship or wharf, used for securing ropes and hawsers. 2. Chiefly British One of a series of posts preventing vehicles from entering an area. or barrier lowers to let the vehicle pass. Delta Scientific Corporation is headquartered in Palmdale, where it has production facilities covering more than 260,000 square feet of building space. |
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