DIGITAL ANGEL CORPORATION WINS DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT WITH U.S. AIR FORCE
$400,000 CONTRACT TO DEVELOP WIRING HARNESS FOR URT 33
REPLACEMENT RADIO
SO. ST. PAUL, MN (March 26, 2007) -- Digital Angel Corporation (Amex:
DOC), an advanced technology company in the field of rapid and accurate
identification, location tracking and condition monitoring of high-value assets,
announced today that it has been awarded a $400,000 contract to design and
develop the Harness Activation System that connects to the United States Air
Force Jet Pilot Recovery Radio (URT 33). The Company won the initial contract in
December 2006 to design and develop the URT 33 replacement radio. The URT 33
radio needs to be replaced because of a frequency change for the related
satellite system that is scheduled to be implemented in 2009. Digital Angel will
combine the harness development with the radio development program in order to
provide a complete system by June 2007. Following successful trial and testing
of the system, the U.S. Air Force replacement requirement for an estimated
15,000 systems will go to open tender.
Digital Angel President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin McGrath commented, “We
are delighted to be selected for this follow-on development contract and provide
the fully integrated system to the U.S. Air Force. We believe that the second
award is a reflection of our performance to date on the URT 33 contract.
Furthermore, these two contracts will play a key role in providing us the
opportunity to bid on future contracts with the U.S. military.”
About Digital Angel Corporation
Digital Angel Corporation (www.DigitalAngelCorp.com)
develops and deploys sensor and communications technologies that enable rapid
and accurate identification, location tracking, and condition monitoring of
high-value assets. Applications for the Company’s products include
identification and monitoring of humans, pets, fish, poultry and livestock
through its patented implantable microchips; location tracking and message
monitoring of vehicles and aircraft in remote locations through systems that
integrate GPS and geosynchronous satellite communications; and monitoring of
asset conditions such as temperature and movement, through advanced miniature
sensors. Digital Angel Corporation is majority-owned by Applied Digital Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSX),
which also owns a majority position in VeriChip Corporation (NASDAQ: CHIP).
This press release includes forward-looking statements, including
statements regarding the Company’s belief that the two URT 33 contracts will
provide it opportunities to bid on future contracts with the U.S. military.
These forward-looking statements may be affected by the risks and uncertainties
in the Company’s business. The Company wishes to caution readers that certain
important factors and various risks may have affected and could in the future
affect the Company’s actual results and could cause the Company’s actual results
for subsequent periods to differ materially from those expressed in any
forward-looking statement made by or on behalf of the Company. With respect to
the Company's expectations expressed in this press release, such risk factors
include, but are not limited to, the Company’s ability to successfully perform
under its current U.S. military contracts. This information is also qualified in
its entirety by cautionary statements and risk factor disclosures contained in
the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including the
Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006
and its quarterly reports. The Company can offer no assurances that any
projections, assumptions or forecasts made or discussed in this release will be
met, and investors should understand the risks of investing solely due to such
projections. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise any forward-looking
statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the
date of this press release.
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