Adaptive Methods and STC.UNM Execute Agreement for Biosensor Technology — Press Release

August 17, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
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Adaptive Methods and STC.UNM Execute Agreement for Biosensor Technology

Centreville, VA., June 30, 2009 – Adaptive Methods, Inc., developer of advanced sensor systems, the University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Center (UNMHSC), Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and STC.UNM, UNM’s technology-transfer arm took an important step toward forming a long-term partnership today by executing an option agreement under which Adaptive Methods may obtain an exclusive worldwide license to manufacture and sell products incorporating biosensor technology co-invented by researchers at the University of New Mexico and Sandia National Labs, The technology allows for the detection of bio-agents such as bacteria, viruses and toxins, at low levels, in near-real time, and without the need for time-consuming sample preparation. . The parties intend to commercialize the technology for use in the healthcare, homeland defense, and military sectors. This effort represents the second advanced technology that Adaptive Methods has undertaken to transition from academia and public sector labs to the commercial market.

Adaptive Methods, Inc. (www.adaptivemethods.com) is a developer of advanced sensor systems and sensor processing and computing architecture products for surveillance, security and military combat systems based in Centreville, VA, with satellite offices in four states, including a 50,000 ft² manufacturing facility in Chattanooga, TN.

The Health Sciences Center at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine (UNMHSC) is the largest academic health complex in New Mexico. UNMHSC combines its four mission areas—education, research, patient care and community outreach—to provide New Mexicans with the highest level of health care.

STC.UNM (www.stc.unm.edu) is a nonprofit corporation formed and owned entirely by the University of New Mexico Regents (UNM). The mission of STC is to support UNM and its partners as the source of innovation management and commercial development.

Sandia is a multi-program laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin company, for the U. S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. With main facilities in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Livermore, California, Sandia has major R & D responsibilities in national security, energy and environmental technologies, and economic competitiveness.

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ADAPTIVE METHODS AWARDED CONTRACT WITH IWS5B — Press Release

June 1, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
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ADAPTIVE METHODS AWARDED CONTRACT WITH IWS5B

Centreville, VA., June 1, 2009 – Adaptive Methods was awarded a three-year contract and was funded an initial $4.5 million. Adaptive Methods will provide services to the Surface Ship Undersea Warfare (USW) Combat Systems Program Office (IWS5B).

The Company’s goals for the contract are to foster innovative technical solutions to the myriad of USW challenges, to enable the insertion of promising technologies into both new and existing Surface Ship Undersea Warfare combat systems, and to mitigate COTS hardware end-of-life issues by using portable software implementation of improved processing algorithms. The range of work will include system engineering, architecture design, software engineering, algorithm and prototype development, and installation, integration, and test activities.

Work will be performed by personnel from all Adaptive Methods offices including the new Rhode Island office.

Adaptive Methods, headquartered in Virginia with offices in Maryland, Florida, Tennessee, and Rhode Island, is a developer of advanced sensor processing and computing architecture products for surveillance, security, and military combat systems.

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