Following successful completion of SenseNet Phase I, PositiveID and ENSCO have been selected for

the Phase II contract

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — PositiveID Corporation (“PositiveID”) (OTCQB:PSID), a life sciences company focused on detection and diagnostics, today announced that it, in conjunction with its partner, ENSCO, Inc., has been awarded a Phase II contract under the SenseNet Program from the U.S. Department of the Interior on behalf of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate. The goal of the SenseNet Program is to implement faster, less expensive bio-threat detection systems to increase the effectiveness of current systems and provide an added level of security.

Under this Phase II award, PositiveID will provide its Firefly Dx system, designed to be a fully automated, lab quality, realtime device able to detect bio-threats at the point of need in minutes instead of hours. A design advantage of Firefly Dx is that it does not require additional equip