POINT ROBERTS, Wash., Jan. 05, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Homelanddefensestocks.com, a global investment research portal for the Homeland Defense and Security Sector is pleased to provide investors with Homeland Security updates and new content including a feature article "U.S. Navy Transfers Life-Saving Chemical Detection Technology to American Industry -- Homeland Security Impact Expected in 2004." The site does not make recommendations, but offers a unique, free information portal to investors to research news, articles, interviews and a growing list of participating public companies. The site currently features exclusive interviews including well-known Counter Terrorism expert Roger W. Cressey, research provide by Homeland Security Research Corporation (HSRC), and a host of well-known writers and experts in the industry. The site is currently compensated by featured company Markland Technologies (OTCBB:MRKL)
Article Excerpt:
U.S. Navy Transfers Life-Saving Chemical Detection Technology to American Industry -- Homeland Security Impact Expected in 2004
Story Number: NNS040102-01
By Journalist 1st Class (AW) John J. Joyce, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Public Affairs.
DAHLGREN, Va. (NNS) -- The non-exclusive license agreement signed by the U.S. Navy and Fredericksburg, Va.-based Science and Technology Research (STR) is expected to bolster homeland security by equipping American office buildings, factories, shopping malls and cruise liners with the same chemical detection technology currently used on Navy warships.
"Navy technology transfer programs encourage the private sector and government to creatively and effectively work together to increase the safety of our forward-deployed warfighters and protect Americans on the home front," said Capt. Lyal Davidson, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) commanding officer at the Dec. 23, signing ceremony held in Dahlgren, Va. "Today's technology transfer agreement with a local manufacturer of a portable chemical detection system created and developed at NSWCDD also demonstrates the capability of the Warfare Centers to partner with the commercial sector to fully leverage taxpayers' money."
With the non-exclusive license, STR, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Markland Technologies (OTCBB:MRKL), can now manufacture and sell a basic version of the patented Shipboard Automatic Chemical Agent Detector and Alarm (Ship ACADA) to non-federal government and commercial entities.
"This business model demonstrates how NSWC Dahlgren, Department of Homeland Security, and other Warfare Centers can assist small companies to create solutions for homeland security almost cost-free, since the Navy will realize return on investment in the new and emerging technologies being introduced into the marketplace," said STR President and Chief Financial Officer Ken Ducey, Jr. "Markland Technologies will provide STR the infrastructure they need to bring ACADA to government, military and commercial customers nationwide."
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The site has also recently expanded the Agriterrorism segment of the site with news and articles about what is currently being done to secure and protect food sources due to concerns following the Mad-Cow outbreak.
An update will be featured shortly as a follow up to Bioterror in the Heartland: Confronting the Specter of Agriterrorism
www.investorideas.com/Companies/HomelandDefense/Articles/BarryZellenBioterror.asp
Homelanddefensestock.com includes a growing list of public companies in the sector. The following is a partial list of companies involved in Homeland Security technology and solutions: Armor Holdings, CACI International Inc., Cepheid, Checkpoint Systems Inc., Honeywell International Inc., InVision Technologies, Inc., L-3 Communications, Nanogen Inc., Northrop Grumman Corporation and numerous other smaller companies.
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Markland Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:MRKL) www.marklandtech.com
Markland is positioned in the Homeland Security technology sector with integrated security solutions for border and port security, cargo container security and explosives detection. The Company has procured border security contracts with the DHS and is currently completing acquisitions in the sector to compliment its technology portfolio.
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