Markland Technologies Expands Cargo Inspection Capabilities With Automated Container Sensor (ACS) Technology

Primary Screening technology automatically detects illicit materials within containers and signals authorities

News Release
For Immediate Release:
April 22, 2003

Markland Technologies Expands Cargo Inspection Capabilities With Automated Container Sensor (ACS) Technology

Primary Screening technology automatically
detects illicit materials within containers and signals authorities

RIDGEFIELD, CT. - (PR Web) - April 22, 2003 - Markland Technologies, (OTC: MKLD - News), (www.marklandtech.com) announced today that it has entered into an exclusive marketing and distribution agreement with Osprey Data Systems to expand and improve upon its current portfolio of illicit materials detection technologies. The Company has designed a remote sensor fusion concept, Automated Container Sensor (ACS) - to complement Marklands Acoustic Core illicit materials detection technology. The combined technologies will inspect large volumes of cargo containers and facilitate detection of potential security concerns at their earliest possible opportunity. In addition, due to the automatic capability of ACS, this can be performed on 100% of the containers with no wait at the US seaport or land border. The new technology addresses current vulnerabilities in cargo screening by utilizing an embedded automated technology that operates in real time.

The ACS is constructed with unique and highly differentiated polymer based gas vapor trace sensor arrays, which are installed and embedded as a network of automated wireless monitoring devices connected into a network via WiFi transmitters and receivers. The technology offers a superior solution to the current X-ray screening systems that are time consuming and subject to human errors.

Cargo inspection is an area of great concern today to the Department of Homeland Security, since currently only about 2% of the over 9 million cargo containers entering the United States from foreign ports each year are screened.

Marklands solution to this threat is unique because it provides for a cost effective method to perform automated primary screening on all cargo containers during its life cycle from origin to destination. Investigating a container over its entire life cycle is essential due to the multiple high-risk ports the container can travel to, and because 200 million containers move through all United States ports each year. The ACS is capable of monitoring for the presence of numerous types of illicit materials simultaneously and with a detection resolution in the parts per billion range.

The Automated Container Sensor will be battery powered and installed in multiple locations within a container. When a container is en-route, or reaches a port of entry or border crossing, it can be interrogated via wireless RF and can provide the status of the container contents as to whether or not the container has any illicit materials within it.

The ACS sensor fusion system will take the form of multiple small units, which are placed in the cargo container, and combined with WiFi transmitters. Each sensor will contain a disposable proprietary polymer array capable of being programmed to detect simultaneous threats such as explosives, biohazards, nuclear materials, etc.

This gas vapor trace technology has been added to Marklands suite of Homeland Security solutions via an exclusive marketing and distribution agreement with Osprey Data Systems of San Clemente, CA. The two companies have agreed to develop and market integrated cargo inspection solutions to the Homeland Security and DOD marketplaces. The gas vapor trace sensor is based on a proprietary adsorbent polymer technology, which is capable of detecting a limitless variety of illicit materials. In addition, ACS has detection resolution in the parts per billion, response times of under five seconds and production costs significantly less than those competing technologies presently being offered to the marketplace.

The two companies are working together to arrange for a demonstration to Homeland Security personnel of the existent working prototype Automated Container Sensor and associated signal processing software.

Marklands President, Ken Ducey stated, Cargo Security is an imminent threat with gaping vulnerabilities according to the Department of Homeland Security. We are working towards a demonstration of this concept to DHS in the very near term.

Further details about this transaction will be available in Markland's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

For additional information about Markland Technologies visit the Company website: www.marklandtech.com

About Markland Technologies

Markland Technologies is committed to helping secure America by providing innovative emerging technologies and expert services to meet the country's needs to protect our people, our borders and our infrastructure assets. The Company is currently a member of the Homeland Security Industries Association http://www.hsianet.org.

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