PositiveID (PSID) Provides Third Quarter 2012 Update

DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Oct. 22, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PositiveID Corporation ("PositiveID" or "Company") (OTCBB:PSID), an emerging growth company and developer of airborne bio-threat detection systems for America's homeland defense industry as well as advanced technologies for diabetes management and rapid medical testing, today provided a third quarter 2012 business update to its stockholders. The Company continues to focus on the BioWatch Generation 3, Phase II procurement. In September, the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") announced a revised procurement strategy for BioWatch Generation 3, Phase II, which will consist of a two-stage procurement including two to three years of testing estimated at $89 million. A draft request for proposal ("RFP") for the first stage is scheduled to be released in the fourth quarter of calendar 2012.