A BASINGSTOKE medical manufacturing firm has been awarded a multi-million pound contract by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Remote Diagnostic Technologies (RDT), based in Ashwood Park, has been tasked with manufacturing and delivering 900 compact and easy-touse Tempus Pro monitors after gaining a £14 million agreement with the government department.

The monitors will enable the UK military to manage medical incidents in the remote and challenging locations in which they regularly operate.

This reward is the latest success for RDT, which has continued its development with a 60 per cent growth in the last 12 months.

Maria Miller, MP for Basingstoke, said: “RDT is a ground-breaking company and its success in securing this contract demonstrates the strong entrepreneurial, engineering and technological talent available in Basingstoke.

“This talent pool supports a thriving hub of high growth, high tech businesses in the town.

“The contract will sustain over 60 jobs, at RDT’s local facility and has helped in the creation of 20 new roles. I congratulate Graham and his team on this tremendous achievement.”

The MoD selected RDT’s Tempus Pro monitoring system after an extensive evaluation programme that highlighted how it delivers more capability for British troops than existing solutions.

Over the next five-years, the MoD will replace all existing monitors with the Tempus Pro system.

RDT has already delivered 444 monitors to the Armed Forces. Graham Murphy, RDT’s chief executive officer, added: “We are incredibly proud to be providing the Tempus Pro to our Armed Forces, who do such important work to keep us all safe.

“One of the reasons the Tempus Pro is being adopted by the UK and many NATO militaries is because of its unique ability to be enhanced in the field as new technologies emerge or needs evolve.

“The world is an ever-changing place and this flexibility is important to all our customers. To that end, RDT has an exciting set of new features in development in which the MOD will have full access as they become available.”