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Homeland Security

Northrop Grumman Nabs $141 Million Task Order to Keep Supporting ABIS

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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said it has received a follow-on task order potentially worth $141 million to continue developing and supporting the Defense Department's Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS), the Defense Department's authoritative database for the storage and matching of fingerprints and other biometrics by United States forces. The award was made under the Army's Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 2 Services indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract and has a one-year base period and four one-year options. The value of the…

Congress

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Congress

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