CHICAGO, March 23 (UPI) — The U.S. Defense Department has exercised a contract option with Advanced Life Sciences Holdings Inc. to continue development of a biological defense therapy.

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., March 23 (UPI) — The U.S. Coast Guard has approved a Siemens Building Technologies video-surveillance system for use at the Port of Wilmington in Delaware.

NEWARK, N.J., March 23 (UPI) — BioNeutral Group Inc. has named a former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency bioterrorism expert as a lead homeland security and defense consultant.

FREIBURG, Germany, March 23 (UPI) — South Korea-based Doosan DST contracted Northrop Grumman Corp. to provide infantry fighting vehicles with navigation technologies.

HERZLIYA, Israel, March 23 (UPI) — Botswana security authorities announced the installation of Israel-based ioimage’s video-analytics technology at a prison in the country’s capital of Gaborone.

CUPERTINO, Calif., March 23 (UPI) — A report released by U.S. company Trend Micro said that in 2008, Internet-based criminal activity increased with exploits that moved at unprecedented speeds.

TUCSON, March 23 (UPI) — Raytheon has delivered the first of its Miniature Air Launched Decoy vehicles to the U.S. Air Force.