An advanced Roentgen system, developed in Israel, has been installed in the private jet of Saudi King Fahd. The system was developed and assembled by Orkes, a company from the northern Israeli town of Yokneam and was sold to the Saudis via an American agent, the Tel Aviv-based Maariv newspaper reported on Tuesday.
The innovative Israeli system is based on electronics, lasers, optics and programming. It surpasses the need for film and chemicals to develop medical x-rays and makes it extremely fast for the x-ray to be viewed by the medical experts.
Besides selling a system for the Saudi jet, Orkes systems have also been installed in the US detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In addition, Orkes announced that its system is being used in field hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan and that the US Army will soon use the system on all of its navy vessels.
Last year, the sales of the Israeli company amounted to $20 million and are inclined to reach $30 million this year. (menareport.com)
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