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Homeland Security

Lockheed Martin Completes NGI Critical Design Review

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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] says it has successfully completed the Critical Design Review for the fingerprint identification capability for the FBI's Next Generation Identification (NGI) system, which will replace the agency's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System. "This is the first step in achieving the quantum leap in capability that NGI will deliver as a state-of-the-art biometric identification system for the FBI," says Barbara Humpton, vice president of Lockheed Martin's Information Systems & Global Services group. "The NGI team is thrilled to…

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