WILMINGTON, MA--(Marketwire - Mar 26, 2013) -  [ Implant Sciences Corporation ] (OTCQB: [ IMSC ]), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced it has sold its [ Quantum Sniffer™ QS-H150 ] handheld explosives trace detector to a customer in Africa for use in corporate security for a financial institution.

Some regions in Africa have experienced growing instability, with an increasing number of insurgencies and terrorist attacks, particularly on foreign interests. The response from security providers has been an increasing reliance on Quantum Sniffers to meet their security needs.

"Quantum Sniffers work consistently in difficult environments. In addition to the Quantum Sniffer's quality and consistent performance, customers in Africa are choosing our systems due its low-maintenance design and non-contact sampling, which enables a low total cost of ownership," stated Implant Sciences' Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Dr. Darryl Jones.

"We continue to expand our market share in Africa through our expanded sales force, our growing distribution network, and our increasing reputation of being the latest standard in explosives trace detection," added Glenn D. Bolduc, Implant Sciences' President and CEO.

About the Quantum Sniffer™ QS-H150 Handheld Explosives Trace Detector

The [ Quantum Sniffer QS-H150 ] utilizes Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS) technology, providing fast, accurate detection of trace amounts of a wide variety of military, commercial, and homemade explosives. Built with no radioactive materials and featuring a low-maintenance, self-calibrating, and self-clearing design, the QS-H150 provides very high levels of operational availability. The QS-H150 has been proven to perform well in a wide variety of temperatures and challenging environments, from humid jungles to dry, sand swept deserts.

About Implant Sciences

Implant Sciences is the leader in next generation Explosives Trace Detection (ETD) technology. In January 2013, the Company became only the third ETD manufacturer, and the sole American-owned company, to receive product approval from the US Transportation Security Administration. Implant Sciences develops, manufactures and sells sophisticated sensors and systems for Security, Safety, and Defense (SS&D) markets. The Company has developed proprietary technologies used in its commercial explosives and narcotics trace detection systems, which ship to a growing number of locations domestically and internationally. Implant Sciences' QS-H150 portable explosives trace detector has received Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology Designation and, in addition to receiving TSA approval for air cargo screening, the Company's QS-B220 has also received a Developmental Testing & Evaluation (DT&E) Designation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technology Act of 2002 (the SAFETY Act). For further details on the Company and its products, please visit the Company's website at [ www.implantsciences.com ].

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release may contain certain "forward-looking statements," as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risks that our explosives detection products and technologies (including any new products we may develop) may not be accepted by the Transportation Security Administration or by other U.S. or foreign government and law enforcement agencies or commercial consumers of security products; economic, political and other risks associated with international sales and operations could adversely affect our sales; our business is subject to intense competition and rapid technological change; the risks that our markets are subject to technological change and that our success depends on our ability to develop and introduce new products; and other risks and uncertainties described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. Such statements are based on management's current expectations and assumptions which could differ materially from the forward-looking statements.