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Homeland Security

Cogent Says Not Selected for NGI Fingerprint Matching Effort

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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

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Cogent Systems [COGT] says that Lockheed Martin [LMT], the prime contractor for the FBI's next-generation biometric database, did not select if for the fingerprint matching portion of the program. Industry analysts had already begun reporting that Lockheed Martin had selected Sagem Morpho, a unit of France's SAFRAN Group, for the first increment of the Next Generation Identification (NGI) program. NGI is an upgrade to the FBI's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (IAFIS). However, plans call for NGI to eventually do…

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

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Congress

CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

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Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

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Congress

Appropriators Press For Details On Iran War Costs; DoD’s $29B Estimate Doesn’t Include Base Damage

The Pentagon estimates the U.S.’ ongoing conflict with Iran has now cost at least $29 billion, while a lead official noted the updated figure does not factor in damage to […]