
The Army on Tuesday released requirements for a new contract to upgrade, operate and maintain the Defense Department’s authoritative biometric database, the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS), with plans to transition the system to a cloud environment. A draft performance work statement included in the Oct. 20 Request for Information says the Biometric Enabling Capability (BEC) Increment 1 will include operations and maintenance of the DoD ABIS and three capability drops over a five-year period to be performed by a…