Lockheed Team Updates FBI Fingerprint ID System; Stephanie Hill Comments
A Lockheed Martin-led team has added a new palmprint technology and other upgrades to a fingerprint identification system the FBI uses to identify suspects and solve cold cases. The FBI’s Next Generation Identification program is designed to provide biometric services to more than 18,000 law enforcement agencies across the country, Lockheed said Wednesday. Morpho developed [...]
Dublin Airport is testing an automated border control system that uses technology from Accenture and SITA designed to electronically verify passports, TechCentral.ie reported Monday. According to the article, Accenture’s platform uses facial recognition technology to scan passports and validate passenger information. The e-gate system at the airport’s Terminal One is open to passengers older than [...]
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The Department of Homeland Security plans to release a solicitation in June for an identity management system intended to centralize physical and logical access to the department’s facilities, Homeland Security Today reports. Mickey McCarter writes DHS wants a single vendor for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-delivery contract, where the awardee would perform task orders for up to 10 [...]
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CACI International has been awarded an additional $9.7 million for a biometrics program management and engineering services contract, Biometric Update reports. Under the contract, CACI and AOptix will examine the Pentagon’s Smart Mobile Identity biometrics identification package. Awarded in February, the companies will also develop a smartphone biometrics scanner for soldiers. Washington Technology reports the additional funding puts the [...]
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In a recent $3 million Defense Department contract, CACI International and California-based technology firm AOptix will develop a biometric identification system for mobile devices. According to a Wired article, the technology is meant to allow soldiers in the field to record facial features, iris scans and other details of people up close or from a distance using commercially [...]
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DARPA Aiming For Mobile Device ‘Behavior’ Biometric Protection; Richard Guidorizzi Comments
February 14, 2013 No Comment
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking to develop ways to use behavioral biometrics in adding additional layers of protection onto mobile devices. DARPA met with industry representatives Friday to discuss the program’s goals and has released a solicitation for the Active Authentication Program, the agency said Tuesday. Markers such as usage patterns or [...]
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The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are partnering to use iris scanning technology at border stations in identifying potential trespassers, Nextgov reports. Aliya Sternstein writes biometric databases at both DHS and the FBI must be compatible under law. DHS’ Secure Communities program has border agents cross-check foreigners’ prints against prints in the FBI’s [...]
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SAIC to Provide Army Biometrics Software Engineering; John Thomas Comments
January 9, 2013 No Comment
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAI) has won a $73 million task order to provide the U.S. Army software engineering maintenance and management services for a biometrics collection system. The company said it will work with the Army’s product manager for joint personnel identification to help build up the system, which aims to identify current [...]
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Northrop Develops Biometrics Info System Proof of Concept; Samuel Abbate Comments
November 30, 2012 No Comment
Northrop Grumman is developing a system for storing biometrics data and intelligence and will evaluate requirements for a future information management system. The company said it holds a one-year contract to develop an automated biometric information system for the Australian military and recently delivered a proof of concept for testing and refining of analytics techniques. [...]
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Researchers Find Big Data Potential in Synthetic DNA; Sriram Kosuri Comments
August 21, 2012 No CommentGeneticists at Harvard University have discovered a technique for storing and retrieving large amounts of data in a DNA microchip the size of a flash drive, Information Week reports. Kevin Fogarty writes that the George Church-led research team stored as much as 5.5 petabits, or 5.5 million gigabits per cubic millimeter, on less than a [...]
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