Nano-Proprietary, Inc. announced
that its subsidiary, Applied Nanotech, Inc. (ANI), has been awarded an
SBIR Phase II contract for the continued development of a "Dual Sensor
Module for Human Detection" from the Homeland Security Advanced
Research Project Agency (HSARPA). This two-year contract is for
approximately $750,000 and results from the successful completion of
the Phase I contract for the same project. Applied Nanotech will
design, develop and demonstrate a high reliability, low cost, low power
chemical sensor with the ability to operate in the harsh shipping
environment that is able to detect humans hiding in cargo shipping
containers.
Humans hiding in shipping containers can be a serious threat
to homeland security. A reliable detection system to identify the
presence of individuals in cargo shipping containers will reduce this
threat. Under this contract, ANI will continue development of a sensor
system that will monitor and detect human presence in a shipping
container in real time. The sensor detection system will continually
monitor for the presence of individuals from the moment that the
container is sealed until it is released at its final destination. It
is estimated that 9 to 11 million shipping containers enter the U.S.
each year, and that in excess of 40 million cargo shipping containers
are in use worldwide. Additionally, the ANI developed sensor technology
will be adaptable to multiple modes of transportation such as trucking,
air cargo and rail shipping.
"We are extremely pleased with this additional contract which
validates our sensor technology platforms and our expanding sensor line
of business," said Tom Bijou, Chief Executive Officer of
Nano-Proprietary. "This contract also adds to our ever increasing
revenue backlog, which stood at $2.1 million as of June 30, 2007, prior
to the receipt of this contract."
Posted 17th August 2007
