2.4.0.8014 - Disclosure - Note 9 - Agreements with The Boeing Companytruefalsefalse1false falsefalsec4_From1Jan2013To30Jun2013http://www.sec.gov/CIK0001347022duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1psid_AgreementsWithTheBoeingCompanyTextBlockAbstractpsid_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Agreements With The Boeing Company [Abstract]2false 2psid_AgreementsWithTheBoeingCompanyTextBlockpsid_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00  9.   Agreements with The Boeing Company On December 20, 2012, the Company entered into a Sole and Exclusive License Agreement (the “Boeing License Agreement”), a Teaming Agreement (“Teaming Agreement”), and a Security Agreement (“Boeing Security Agreement”) with The Boeing Company (“Boeing”). The Boeing License Agreement provides Boeing the exclusive license to manufacture and sell PositiveID’s M-BAND airborne bio-threat detector for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s BioWatch Generation 3 opportunity, as well as other opportunities (government or commercial) that may arise in the North American market.  As consideration for entering into the Boeing License Agreement, Boeing agreed to pay a license fee of $2.5 million (the “Boeing License Fee”) to the Company in three installments, which has been paid in full as of June 30, 2013. The $2.5 million license fee received as of June 30, 2013 has been recorded as deferred revenue. Under the Teaming Agreement, the Company retained exclusive rights to serve as the reagent and assay supplier of the M-BAND systems to Boeing. The Company also retained all rights to sell M-BAND units, reagents and assays in international markets. Pursuant to the Boeing Security Agreement, the Company granted Boeing a security interest in all of its assets, including the licensed products and intellectual property rights (as defined in the Boeing License Agreement), to secure the Company’s performance under the Boeing License Agreement. falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaNo authoritative reference available.No definition available.false0Agreements With The Boeing Company [Text Block]falseNote 9 - Agreements with The Boeing CompanyUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://positiveidcorp.com/role/Note9AgreementswithTheBoeingCompany12