MEDIA CLIPPINGS -
SICOM IN THE MEDIA

Accipiter® (eBirdRad) Bird Radar Prevents Collisions at Navy's Air Base
	December 05, 2007 - Medill Reports, Washington For several years now, Accipiter Radar Technologies Inc. and its parent company have been research and development partners with the U.S. Navy, and USDA and heavily involved in the eBirdRad project, in particular. We are proud that Accipiter® avian radars have been selected as the radar system of choice in providing essential bird monitoring information to those who require it, which will help to reduce the occasions for birdstrikes. (PDF - 281 KB)
Accipiter® Security Radars providing Superior Surveillance
	Autumn 2007 - Frontline Security Magazine Radar surveillance systems have long been proven to be effective security tools in military applications. The Accipiter® line of security radars, however, now makes it affordable enough to be use by homeland security and law enforcement agencies that have tight budgets. (PDF - 214 KB)
Integrating Accipiter® Avian Radars into Navy Operations
	Summer 2007 - Currents - The U.S. Navy's Environmental Magazine Accipiter Radar Technologies Inc. has been chosen to participate in the Environmental Security and Technology Certification Program (ESTCP). A new project is underway, utilizing Accipiter® Avian Radar technology to demonstrate that avian radar systems can provide natural resources managers and airport aviation safety personnel with improved tools for automatically monitoring the abundance and behaviour of resident and migratory birds in and around military airfields and ranges. (PDF - 275 KB)
SEATAC tests Accipter® Avian Radar.
	Summer 2007 - Embry Riddell Aeronautical University - Airport Wildlife Mitigation The Accipiter® multi-sensor avian radar system was chosen for an FAA-funded multi-year, radar study being conducted at Seatac Airport in Washington State. This study will apply scientific rigor to the development and testing of short-ranged radar hardware and its supporting bird detection algorithms. (PDF - 718 KB)
Whitbey Island successfully tests new Accipter® Avian Radar.
	May 03, 2007 - Navy Newstand Read how the Accipiter® Avian Radar System (eBirdrad) has been implemented at NAS Whitbey Island as part of a multiagency project that includes members of the military, Marine and Navy BASH programs, USDAWSP, FAA, academic community and civilians. The performance of this "cutting-edge technology" has been described as "amazing". Special emphasis has been placed on ground-truthing all targets that this radar system detects and tracks in real time. (PDF - 15 KB)
Accipter® Security Radar - An IRAP Success Story.
	November 21, 2006 - National Research Council Canada Read how the Accipiter® Security Radar System can be used to monitor marine traffic and offer sophisticated perimeter security to protect critical infrastructure and other valuable resources, unattended, 24/7. (PDF - 24 KB)
Accipter® Avian Radar for Airport Wildlife Managment.
	December 01, 2005 - TC Airport Wildlife Management Bulletin no.36 Read how Sicom's Accipiter® Avian Radar System can be used to assist wildlife management programs at airports by detecting and tracking the movement of birds 24/7. (PDF - 836 KB)
On Guard - Sicom's radar system can help safeguard our border.
	November 09, 2005 - Pelham News Read how Sicom's Accipiter® Radar System can be used to safeguard our border. Sicom's technology was successfully demonstrated at a Marine Sensor Integration Experiment conducted by Defence Research & Development Canada off the coast of Cape Breton, NS. (PDF - 2,535 KB)
Radar prevents flight line from going to the birds.
	October 13, 2005 - Windsock, MCAS Cherry Point Read how Sicom's Accipiter® Radar System is being used to detect, track and study birds at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point for the purpose of protecting human life, wildlife and aircraft during takeoff and landing. (PDF - 785 KB)
Keeping Souvenir Hunters at Bay
	July 28, 2004 - St. Catharines Standard Read how Sicom's Accipiter® Radar System is being used for marine surveillance to protect from scavengers the Hamilton and Scourge historic vessels of the War of 1812. (PDF - 198 KB)
Canada Aids Enemy Ships - from 1813
	July 26, 2004 - National Post The City of Hamilton is set to unveil its use of Sicom's Accipiter® Radar System to protect the final resting place of the Hamilton and the Scourge, two armed schooners that sank nearly 200 years ago in a sudden storm during the War of 1812. (PDF - 376 KB)
Sicom Develops Security Radar Technology
	November/December 2003 - Canadian Electronics Journal Read how Sicom's Accipiter® Security Radar System is an affordable radar system that is being used for homeland security surveillance applications to provide enhanced awareness of potential threats to critical infrastructure and international border security. (PDF - 751 KB)
The Haida's Last Mission
	August 27, 2003 - St. Catharines Standard Read how Sicom is using the final journey of the HMCS Haida to its final resting place, to track and test its proprietary Accipiter® Security Radar system, that is a low-cost system designed for various homeland security applications. (PDF - 141 KB)