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Army Releases Requirements For Upgraded Biometric Repository, Transition To Cloud

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020

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Army Releases Requirements For Upgraded Biometric Repository, Transition To Cloud

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

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…

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