L-1 Identity Solutions [ID] has received $24.5 million in purchase orders for finger and iris biometric capture devices for the initial phase of India’s Unique Identification Number (UID) program, called AADHAAR. The orders include both Agile TP fingerprint slap devices and Mobile-Eyes iris cameras. Some units have already shipped and the remainder are expected to ship between now and March 2011. The orders came from multiple participants in the UID program and the company expects additional orders throughout the program’s five-year enrollment cycle. “Our devices are receiving high marks from our customers and we believe a large number of L-1 live scans and iris cameras will continue to be ordered throughout the enrollment phase,” says Robert LaPenta, L-1’s chairman, president and CEO. Separately, the company received a $5.5 million order from an existing U.S. government customer for its Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) license capacity, increasing the existing operating capacity of ABIS system software currently being used by the Defense Department.