Icarcos Sells Minority Stake

Icarcos Inc., a developer of hardware and software that creates a geographical database, has sold a minority ownership stake of Athlone Global Security, a private equity firm focused on Israeli homeland security companies. Icaros is based in < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Maryland, but has R&D facilities in Israel. No financial terms were disclosed. www.athloneglobalsecurity.com< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />