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Business/Financial

Intellicheck Mobilisa Nabs Small Award For TWIC Reader Pilot At NY/NJ

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Friday, January 15th, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Intellicheck Mobilisa [IDN] a small contract to supply five handheld biometric-enabled smart card readers to be used for security purposes at the Port of New York/New Jersey this winter under the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The award is valued at $240,000 in the first year and contains two one-year options. Intellicheck Mobilisa is supplying its IM2700 reader, which can read and verify a TWIC card, verify a PIN…

Congress

Kaine On Iranian Girls School Strike: “You Can Be Sure We’re Gonna Get The Answer To That One”

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Congress

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Advanced / Transformational Technology

Pentagon May Make ‘Tradeoffs’ For Low-Cost Autonomous Tech Without Reconciliation Funds, CTO Says

The Pentagon’s chief technology officer has said the department may need to make “tradeoffs” on certain capability priorities if Congress doesn’t pass a reconciliation with $350 billion in requested defense […]

Congress

SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sticks With Army’s Plan For Legacy Aviation Procurement Cuts

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