Camgian Microsystems Joins Partnership to Address Technology Development
for the Department of Homeland Security

$1.9 Million Contract Awarded to Develop Advanced Unattended Ground Sensor Technologies for Border Security Applications

STARKVILLE, M.S. – March 24, 2008 – Camgian Microsystems has recently entered a partnership with Mississippi State University (MSU), and is joined by Applied Physical Sciences and DRS Technologies to develop a next generation unattended ground sensor (UGS) technology that supports DHS border security operations. Camgian, in conjunction with MSU, plans to develop the innovative UGS technology through a two-year $1.9 million research program funded by DHS through Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The program, called Secure Border Initiative Unattended Ground Sensors (SBI-UGS), will focus on addressing critical surveillance needs for monitoring remote border areas in highly cluttered environments such as those along the northern border of the United States. Camgian will leverage its patented microelectronics technologies to develop a low-power, long-endurance sensor network for providing wide area surveillance and robustly detecting, tracking and reporting illegal border crossings.

"The SBI-UGS technology will provide DHS with a revolutionary weapon in the fight for securing our nation's borders," said Gary Butler, Camgian President and CEO. "The SBI-UGS system will include an advanced low-power electronic sensing architecture that will enable low false alarm performance and persistent surveillance operations in highly remote border regions."