Port Townsend Company Receives Navy Grant for Security Buoys
October 26th, 2009 by Rachel PritchettBy Rachel Pritchett
rpritchett@kitsapsun.com
PORT TOWNSEND
Intellicheck Mobilisa has received a $4.5 million contract from the
Navy to continue work on development of high-tech buoys in north
Puget Sound.
The Port Townsend company that specializes in wireless security
systems has been working on a series of security buoys that can
provide a high-capacity communications network grid to monitor
marine environments for environmental and homeland-security
purposes, including measuring water quality and detecting oil
spills and dirty bombs.
Intellicheck Mobilisa began pilot testing the security buoys in
2008 with the help of the U.S. Department of Defense and the
University of Washington. The system currently is set up in the
north Puget Sound.
The additional money will buy more buoys and enlarge their capacity
to find potential dirty bombs.
“The wireless security buoys project has been recognized by the
Department of Defense as a vital source for waterway and port
security and environmental monitoring,” said Nelson Ludlow, chief
executive officer of Intellicheck Mobilisa. “This additional
funding allows us to continue building on our already proven
technology, and to expand our research and development
efforts.”
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