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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, September 8th, 2015

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Rockwell Collins Introduces Biometric-Enabled Passenger Processing SolutionRockwell Collins [COL] is integrating its ARINC vMuse and ARINC Veripax passenger processing systems with Atkins’ identity management toolkit to capture a traveler’s identity using biometrics and match it wit the passenger’s passport and boarding pass information. The ARINC vMUSE system can capture a wide range of biometrics and the new solution enables a phase rollout of biometric processing, with airline or gate-specific rules permitting biometrics to be used only when needed. “Airports are…

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