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Peterson Air Force Base Secured With Mobilisa's DEFENSE ID(R)
(Market Wire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) WASHINGTON, DC, August 16 / MARKET WIRE/ --
Air Force Space Command announced on Monday
that Peterson Air Force Base, located in Colorado Springs, will be using a
high-tech security system called DEFENSE ID, developed by Mobilisa,
Inc., to help protect their base. The Defense ID access control system
uses a rugged handheld computer to quickly scan ID cards to support
military security and law enforcement personnel and will be used as a first
line of defense for preventing unwanted persons access to the base.
"This technology will help deter and detect unauthorized individuals
attempting to enter the installation, giving Peterson security forces an
additional tool in the Global War on Terrorism," said Earl Gillis, the
wing's anti-terrorism officer.
Peterson AFB is headquarters to US Northern Command, NORAD, Air Force Space
Command, Army Space Command, the 21st Space Wing and the 302d Airlift Wing.
The 21st Space Wing, headquartered at Peterson AFB, is the Air Force's only
organization providing missile warning and space control to unified
commanders and combat forces worldwide.
"The system is already in use at other military installations worldwide,
and its implementation here will help better secure the base," stated
Master Sgt. Isaac Lopez, operations support for the 21st Security Forces
Squadron.
The information that is scanned from an identity card is compared to over
100+ databases of individuals who are wanted for criminal offenses or are
barred from military installations. The system works with military IDs, US
and Canadian Drivers Licenses and other government ID cards and therefore
requires no need to issue or create special badges -- a major cost savings
to the government. DEFENSE ID is credited in helping security personnel
identify and prevent nearly 25,000 unauthorized individuals from gaining
entry onto military and federal installations in the last two years.
Mobilisa and Intelli-Check, Inc. (AMEX: IDN), the acknowledged leader in
drivers license reading technology, recently announced an agreement to
combine the two companies.
Intelli-Check's technology helps assure the authenticity of driver
licenses, state issued non-driver and military identification cards. Their
patented ID-CHECK technology instantly reads, analyzes, and verifies the
encoded data in magnetic stripes and barcodes on government-issue IDs from
approximately 60 jurisdictions in the U.S. and Canada to determine if the
content and format are valid.
For more information about Intelli-check, visit www.intellicheck.com or
call toll free 1.800.444.9542.
For more information about Mobilisa and its products or services, visit
www.mobilisa.com, email info@mobilisa.com or call toll free
1.877.7MOBILISA.
Contact:
Micheline Mendelsohn
202.352.5083mm@mobilisa.com
Copyright 2007 Market Wire, Incorporated
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