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IPFS News Link • Military Industrial Complex

Pentagon goes to Silicon Valley in bid for combat zone biometric scanners

02-14-2013 • http://chrisinmaryville.net/

The US Department of Defense has hired a California company to tailor-make a mobile platform capable of detecting an individual person’s fingerprints, eyes, face and voice from a distance. AOptix, a technology innovation company based in Campbell, California, announced the $3 million research contract to develop a biometric scan system for the Pentagon. The firm will work together with CACI International Inc., an information technology company, to deliver the new detection system. The company was chosen by the DoD as it offered a “unique integration of biometrics, including iris, fingerprint, face and voice recognition, with smartphone technology,” a company press release reads.

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Reported By Chris Menke

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