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SAIC Awarded Potential $115M Biometrics Subcontract

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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

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Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] has received a potential four-year, $115 million subcontract from Sensor Technologies Inc. (STI), to support the Army Communications and Electronics Command by providing operations and user maintenance support to Tactical Biometrics Systems (TBS). STI's contract is under the Strategic Services Sourcing contract. TBIS includes various biometric tools including the Biometrics Automated Toolset-Army, the Biometrics Identification System for Access, and the Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment system. The subcontract has a one-year base period and three…

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