A replacement for the FBI’s Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) has been completed and has reached operating capability by its developer Lockheed Martin.
The new solution, called the Next Generation Identification System (NGI), provides the same capabilities as IAFIS as far as automated fingerprint search capabilities, image storage and sharing of fingerprints with other federal agencies and state and local law enforcement departments. But it will also be capable of more effective and accurate matching and collecting of fingerprints.
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