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Homeland Security

ARINC Advanced Passenger Information System Selected by Dominican Republic

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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

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The Dominican Republic has selected ARINC's Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS) messaging to connect all passenger transport and cargo carriers with the government and to interface with the back-end data system of the country's Department of National Investigations (DNI). The DNI awarded the contract to ARINC, which is a portfolio company of the investment firm The Carlyle Group. As a follow up to the current system, ARINC will provide the DNI with the capability to receive APIS messages from maritime…

Army

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