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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Digital Angel Corporation Wins Contract from Army Corps of Engineers
SO. ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Digital Angel Corporation (Amex: DOC), an advanced technology company specializing in the field of rapid and accurate identification, location tracking, and condition monitoring of high-value assets, announced today that it has been awarded a multi-year contract worth up to $10 million with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) technology. PIT is used in conjunction with a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) antenna to monitor fish movement and stream and dam passage.
“We are incredibly pleased to have been chosen by the Army Corps of Engineers as its key provider of RFID technology,” said Zeke Mejia, Chief Technology Officer of Digital Angel. “This contract reflects the market’s confidence in our products, performance and innovation. We look forward to continued success in marketing this exciting technology.”
Since the late 1980’s, Digital Angel has worked to develop and manufacture passive integrated transponders, which the Army Corps of Engineers will use to monitor everything from fish populations and migration patterns, to water levels and the flow of various dam passages and streams.
Digital Angel’s RFID antenna is capable of electronically detecting tagged fish in a fraction of a second. When a tagged fish passes through the monitored areas, its’ transponder automatically activates, sending the Army Corps a unique identification number. At the operations center, important information such as the species, journey origin and age of each fish is meticulously logged. This information is essential to biologists and local conservationists attempting to maintain healthy ecosystems for the indigenous fish population.
In addition to the contract with the Army Corps of Engineers, Digital Angel recently announced new contracts with the Bonneville Power Administration, Royal Malaysian Air Force and the Royal Netherlands Navy. Through its ground-breaking RFID and location tracking technologies, Digital Angel remains focused on rapid growth, building a world-class organization and driving shareholder and market value in the global marketplace.
About Digital Angel Corporation
Digital Angel Corporation develops and deploys sensor and communications technologies that enable rapid and accurate identification, location tracking, and condition monitoring of high-value assets. Applications for the Company’s products include identification and monitoring of humans, pets, fish, poultry and livestock through its patented implantable microchips; location tracking and message monitoring of vehicles and aircraft in remote locations through systems that integrate GPS and geosynchronous satellite communications; and monitoring of asset conditions such as temperature and movement, through advanced miniature sensors.
Digital Angel Corporation is majority-owned by Applied Digital Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSX). For more information about Digital Angel, please visit www.DigitalAngelCorp.com.
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