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Briefing

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 16th, 2021

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Briefing

Morcom International Inc. has received a $153,000 award from the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate to augment existing tracking technology for the Coast Guard to have a better and more reliable system for marking objects in water. The Phase 1 award was made under S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program Maritime Object Tracking Technology solicitation. Under the award, Northern Virginia-based Morcom will augment its Tracking Unit for Navigational Aid, which includes reusable and rechargeable batteries, automatic identification and…

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