12/10/2007
No towers? No problem. LGS, PacStar cell phone solution goes anywhere the Army Reserve goes
Two-way radios have been a staple of military communications for decades. Although the technology has evolved over the years, in some ways, it is not as advanced as the everyday cell phone. Military personnel have come to rely on mobile phones’ range and ease of use for overall communications. But in disaster situations in the United States and overseas, cellular service is often not available.
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12/8/2007
Startup Of The Week: StackSafe Tackles Software Testing
Test Center will let IT departments assess upgrades, patches, and new apps before deploying them.
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11/21/2007
IT touted at TIDES tour: Pentagon highlights IT for disaster response
The Pentagon showcased a range of technologies today used to manage the consequences of natural disasters and other events that displace people, in an exhibition titled Transportable Infrastructures for Development and Emergency Support (TIDES).
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11/14/2007
Innovative Biosensors launches BioFlash biological detector
Innovative Biosensors, Inc. (IBI) has announced that it has launched the BioFlash Biological Aerosol Collection, Detection and Identification System.
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11/14/2007
After 4 years, Innovative Biosensors launches its technology
Joe Hernandez founded Innovative Biosensors Inc. in late 2003, enticed by the potential to change the world of biodefense with a fast, portable technology to detect pathogens in
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11/9/2007
Rockville biotech quickly developing staph detector
Seeing the looming threat of an epidemic, a Rockville diagnostics company began working on a detection test for a new drug-resistant staph infection. That was nine months ago.
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11/1/2007
Navy evaluates 360-degree optical sensor to enhance shipboard defenses against swarms of small boats
SAN DIEGO - U.S. Navy officials are evaluating a 360-degree visible-light and infrared surveillance system from RemoteReality Corp. in Westborough, Mass., for potential integration on surface warships to guard against swarms of small attack boats that terrorists typically might employ.
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11/1/2007
Defense System Detects Swarming Boats in Coastal Waters
Since the terrorist attack on the USS Cole in 2000 using an explosives laden boat, the Navy continues to search for technologies that will protect its warships from waterborne threats while in ports and other coastal areas.
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11/1/2007
Afghanistan Army Moves From Messengers to Microchips
Internet protocol-based communications offers beleaguered country’s military efficient and secure systems.
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9/28/2007
PacStar Wins 2007 Vertical Systems Reseller Magazine All Star VAR Award
PacStar(TM), a technology-based systems integrator that provides total communications solutions to military, government and commercial customers, today announced that Vertical Systems Reseller Magazine has selected PacStar as the winner of the 2007 VSR All Star VAR Awards in the public sector.
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8/6/2007
Chart Ventures
In July Pacific Star Communications (PacStar), a provider of total communications solutions to military, government and commercial customers based in Portland, OR announced the closing of a $12.3m Series D funding. The round included new investors Chart Venture Partners and Steelpoint Capital Partners. Existing investors including PacStar Board Chairman, George Stroemple, Fluke Ventures, Invest America, Frank Jungers and Benaroya Ventures also participated in the round.
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7/19/2007
Mashups made easy - FortiusOne makes it easy for anyone to put a mashup on the map
Since Google made its maps available for customization last year, savvy programmers have created thriving businesses by adding layers of information.
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7/17/2007
PacStar Secures $12.3 Million in Series D Financing - Chart Venture Partners and Steelpoint Capital Partners Lead Funding Round; Representatives Join Board of Directors
Portland, Ore. (July 17, 2007) — PacStar, a technology-based systems integrator that provides total communications solutions to the military, government and commercial customers, today announced that it closed $12.3 million in Series D funding. The funding will accelerate penetration of PacStar technologies into key military and civilian markets. Additionally, the round adds new investors Chart Venture Partners and Steelpoint Capital Partners to PacStar’s current list of investors. Past investors, including PacStar Board Chairman, George Stroemple, Fluke Ventures, Invest America, Frank Jungers and Benaroya Ventures also participated in the round.
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7/16/2007
PacStar closes on $12.3M - Chart, Steelpoint lead round for maker of fail-safe communications software
PacStar, whose software ties together redundant voice, video and data networks for troops and first responders operating in areas with no infrastructure, has raised $12.3 million in fresh funding, the company will formally announce Tuesday.
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6/19/2007
Innovative Biosensors, Inc. Expands Scientific Advisory Board
Rockville, MD, June 19, 2007 – Innovative Biosensors, Inc. (IBI), a company developing rapid, ultra-sensitive tests to detect harmful pathogens for both the clinical and biodefense markets, today announced the expansion of its Scientific Advisory Board.
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2/7/2007
Maxion Technologies Receives $2.5 Million In Series A Financing From Chart Venture Partners
Maxion Technologies, Inc. manufactures high performance, mid-infrared semiconductor lasers. The company's products, based on the interband cascade (IC) and quantum cascade (QC) laser design, support customers' applications with previously unavailable levels of performance at reduced cost. Maxion's IC and QC lasers enable the development of a new generation of products in a wide variety of chemical sensing, free-space optical communication, and infrared countermeasure markets. Maxion, founded in April, 2000 by a team of scientists and engineers previously employed at the Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland, received seed funding from ECentury Capital Partners and the Maryland Venture Fund and today announced closure on a $2,500,000 Series A round of financing with Chart Venture Partners.
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