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FLO Acquires rtGO Solution from Unisys

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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

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FLO Corp., a former subsidiary of Saflink set up to be a service provider under the Registered Traveler (RT) program, is acquiring the rtGO Registered Traveler business of Unisys [UIS]. Unisys operates its rtGO service at a single airport, Reno/Tahoe International in Nevada while FLO has been selected by Huntsville International Airport in Alabama to be the RT service provider there. For FLO, the deal gives it a technical solution, components of which have already been certified by the Transportation…

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