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Army Expects To Deploy Upgraded ABIS System Next Week

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, September 18th, 2014

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Army Expects To Deploy Upgraded ABIS System Next Week

U.S. Army Soldier capturing facial photos with a Handheld Interagency Identification Equpment device at checkpoint in Afghanistan.

TAMPA, Fla.—Independent operating testing that was completed earlier this month of an upgraded version of the Defense Department’s biometric database went well and the system is expected to be deployed next week, an Army official said Thursday. The results of the tests will be presented tomorrow to Douglas Wiltsie, the Army’s Program Executive Officer for Enterprise Information Systems, and he is expected to approve the DoD Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) 1.2 version to enter operations on Sept. 26, Col.…

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