Department 13 (ASX:D13) has crossed a major milestone by securing the first sale of its MESMER counter drone solution to an Australian customer.
EPE, Department 13’s strategic partner in the Australasian region, has purchased the product on behalf of an end customer as an initial order following a series of successful demonstrations.
MESMER is a low power, non-kinetic drone mitigation solution, enabling an effective and safe method of protecting personnel and infrastructure from dangerous drones.
The sale consists of hardware and software, allowing the user to stop, redirect, land, or take total control of a target drone.
MESMER v1.0 hardware and first year software licenses range from US$250,000 per unit (depending upon configuration and enhanced capabilities) with recurring annual license fees.
EPE will provide training and ongoing sales support in Australia for this client and future clients under a distribution agreement.
MESMER is adaptable and can be enhanced with expanding capabilities against new potential threats via software patches as part of annual license fees and support.
Importantly, Department 13 is expecting additional contracts in the near future following successful demonstrations in March across Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Wellington.
The demonstrations were well attended by various potential customers including State and Federal Police, Defence Forces, Federal and State Government agencies, and large commercial property owners.
The EPE contract win follows the recent first sale in the U.S. to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., announced in March 2017.