Electro Optic Systems (EOS) on Monday announced a conditional contract was recently signed in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, with the lethal equipment expected to be delivered as early as this year. "They [soldiers] do not have their heads up above the turret or above the vehicle, where they can be easily shot, they can stay within the protected environment within the vehicle," explained EOS chief executive Andreas Schwer. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced