Plymouth Rock Technologies Inc. announced that it has been awarded a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) for it SS1 Shoe Scanner system by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A CRADA is a written agreement that facilitates research and development (R&D) collaboration between one or more federal laboratories and one or more non-federal entities. The DHS Science and Technology Directorate's (S&T) Technology Transfer and Commercialization Program (T2C) serves as the centralized point to manage technology transfer activities throughout DHS and the DHS laboratory network.

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