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Army Readying Competition to Maintain and Upgrade Biometric Database

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 4th, 2016

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TAMPA, Fla.—The Defense Department this year is expected to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a contract to maintain and upgrade its existing biometric database, bringing the technology up to date and extending its service life until a new system is developed and deployed.The current DoD Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) is version 1.2 and was deployed in the fall of 2014, giving the system more storage capacity for identity records, higher throughput for search queries, greater accuracy, improved…

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