The Army has awarded GTSI Corp. [GTSI] a 16-month, $159 million contract to provide warfighters mobile biometric devices to assist in real-time identification of persons of interest in the field. The Biometric Automated Toolset-Army award was made under the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Hardware contract. GTSI is partnered with Cross Match Technologies, Inc., to deliver the portable, rugged multi-biometric solution. The BAT-A toolset includes an enrollment kit consisting of a laptop computer and attached biometric devices capable of enrollment, verification, and identity detection, together with mobile handled devices for collecting, storing, and uploading pertinent data to U.S. Army biometrics collection centers. A system of servers containing the biometric database maintains and synchronizes information, ensuring that data collected at one location is available at others. “We are delighted to win BAT-A and this contract positions GTSI as a leader in mobility and biometrics integration and support for our warfighters,” says Sterling Phillips, GTSI’s CEO. GTSI and Cross Match both declined to identify the specific biometric solutions that Cross Match will provide as part of BAT-A. BAT-A devices collect fingerprints, iris scans, facial photos and biographical information. Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] has been the Army’s BAT-A engineering support provider since 2003.
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