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Two companies join Lockheed Martin in biometrics project

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 in News

Global Science and Technology and Innovative Management and Technology Services have signed on to help Lockheed Martin with the new FBI biometric project. The overall FBI contract is 10-years and valued at $1 billion. The two companies will work with Lockheed in assisting the FBI in expanding biometrics storage, according to a CNN Money article.

The project, referred to as Next Generation Identification System, will expand the FBI’s storage of biometric identifiers such as fingerprints, iris scans and others.

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