EXHIBIT 99.1

MARKLAND TECHNOLOGIES
RIDGEFIELD, CT
WEB SITE HTTP://WWW.MARKLANDTECH.COM
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NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
NOVEMBER 25, 2003


                MARKLAND TECHNOLOGIES ADDS TO MANAGEMENT TEAM TO
                     MEET INCREASING REVENUE GROWTH DEMANDS
             CHAIRMAN TO ASSUME CEO ROLE; TWO KEY ADDITIONS MADE TO
                           CORPORATE MANAGEMENT TEAM.

MR. MICHAEL CURRAN, FORMER RAYTHEON SONAR DESIGN SPECIALIST AND MR. ED KESSLER,
FORMER UNITED STATES NAVY, AGREE TO JOIN MARKLAND AS CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
AND VICE PRESIDENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH



RIDGEFIELD, Conn., Nov. 25, 2003 -- Markland Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB:MRKL.OB
- - News), an integrated homeland security company, (http://www.marklandtech.com)
announced today that it has added key personnel to its corporate management team
and also changed roles between its Chairman and CEO management positions.
Effective immediately Mr. Robert Tarini will assume the roles of both Chairman
of the Board as well as CEO. Mr. Del Kintner will assume the role of President
of Markland's Advanced Technologies Group and remain as a Director.

These organizational changes are being made to prepare the company for increased
sales growth while also providing more effective focused management of the
company's portfolio of emerging technologies. The company has ramped up its
sales revenues and is now delivering approximately $1M of products and services
monthly to its Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security
customer base.

Mr. Michael Curran has been named Chief Technology Officer and Mr. Ed Kessler
has been named Vice President of Markland's subsidiary Science and Technology
Research Inc. They will oversee key management activities which direct the
company's staff of approximately 40 employees and key technical and advisory
consultants.

Markland Chairman Mr. Robert Tarini stated, " I look forward to taking a more
active role in executive management and operations decisions. I am extremely
happy to have Del Kintner take over the role of managing our portfolio of
emerging technologies in our Advanced Technology Group and feel that he will
help to accelerate the commercialization of these technologies. I am also
extremely pleased to be able to tell our shareholders that we have shipped
approximately $2M of products and services in the months of October and November
to date and expect to sustain and grow that $1M shipment target per month figure
in the coming months".

Chairman Tarini also stated " Mr. Curran and Mr. Kessler will add many decades
of DOD engineering and marketing experience to our management team and will work
closely with Ken Ducey and Del Kintner to accelerate strategic sales and product
development efforts". Mr. Curran has a BSEE degree from Columbia University and
a MSEE degree from Brown University. He began his career at Raytheon where he
was an electrical design specialist in the Sonar Trainers group for 7 years. The
sonar training systems he helped design for were installed on US and foreign
navy submarines and surface ships throughout the world. After departing Raytheon
he has worked on numerous DOD and scientific based product development efforts
including most recently the Vehicle Stopping System and APTIS portal prototypes.
Mr. Curran will become responsible for all engineering research and product
development activities for the company.


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Mr. Kessler has a BS Engineering degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and
subsequently completed post graduate courses in Business Management. He served
22 years in the United States Navy before joining the private sector. Mr.
Kessler has 23 years experience in the Government technical services industry
with small companies, the last 21 of which have been in V.P. or President
positions. He currently manages the company's chemical agent detector
production, new detector development, and Government technical support efforts
performed at STR's Fredericksburg, VA facility.

About Markland Technologies
Markland Technologies, Inc is committed to helping secure America by providing
innovative emerging technologies and expert services to meet the country's needs
to protect our people, our borders and our infrastructure assets.

The Company is a Board member of the Homeland Security Industries Association
(http://www.hsianet.org) and is the featured Company on
http://www.Homelanddefensestocks.com.

"Forward-Looking Statements"
Investors are cautioned that certain statements contained in this document as
well as some statements in periodic press releases and some oral statements of
Markland Technologies officials during presentations about Markland
Technologies, are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"). Forward-looking statements
include statements which are predictive in nature, which depend upon or refer to
future events or conditions, which include words such as "expects",
"anticipates", "intends", "plans", "believes", "estimates", or similar
expressions. In addition, any statements concerning future financial performance
(including future revenues, earnings or growth rates), ongoing business
strategies or prospects, and possible future actions, which may be provided by
management, are also forward-looking statements as defined by the Act. Some of
the factors that could significantly impact the forward-looking statements in
this press release include, but are not limited to: insufficient cash flow to
continue to fund the development and marketing of the Company's products and
technology; a rejection of the Company's products and technologies by the
marketplace, and; disputes as to the Company's intellectual property rights.
Forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations and projections
about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions
about Markland Technologies, its products, economic and market factors and the
industries in which Markland Technologies does business, among other things.
These statements are not guarantees of future performance and Markland
Technologies has no specific intention to update these statements. More detailed
information about those factors is contained in Markland Technologies filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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