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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 17th, 2017

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Army Issues Work Statement for Afghan and Iraqi Biometric Identity SystemsThe U.S. Army has issued a Performance Work Statement for a pending acquisition of the Afghanistan Automated Biometric Identification System (AABIS) and the Iraq Automated Biometric Identification System (IABIS). The AABIS 2.0 will replace and upgrade the existing AABIS in Kabul, Afghanistan. IABIS will replace the Iraqi Automated Fingerprint Identification System in Baghdad. Both systems will enhance capability to collect, store, match, share, and compare biometric modalities such as fingerprints,…

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