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ENSCO, Inc. Announces New Contract to Assess Bio Threats

Falls Church, Va., October 10, 2014 – ENSCO recently won the first phase of an innovative new contract with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate’s SenseNet program to research and develop a system using low-cost environmental monitoring sensors to address the Bio threat. This program supports DHS’s mission, which includes preventing, detecting, responding to, and recovering from intentional or accidental introduction of aerosolized biological and chemical agents.

Under this first phase contract, ENSCO will design and model a smart system that integrates data from densely deployed, low-cost, environmental monitoring sensors with best of breed confirmation technology provided by its partner PositiveID. ENSCO will add unique event processing, false alarm reduction, and source location capabilities into an open and flexible architecture to illustrate how this system meets DHS’s ambitious, high performance and low cost challenge.

“We are especially proud to win this contract with the DHS S&T Directorate because it is a new customer for ENSCO and one we hope to establish a long-term relationship with,” said Dr. Michael Glass, Vice President, National Security Solutions Division of ENSCO. “Further, it is the result of cross-division collaboration and combining capabilities from across the company to meet the unique needs of this important customer.”

SOURCE: http://www.ensco.com/News-Media/pressreleases.htm&article=169