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TSA Solicits for Biometric-Enabled Credential Authentication Technology

TSA Solicits for Biometric-Enabled Credential Authentication Technology
Traveler at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport scanning his mobile driver's license in a credential authentication technology reader. Photo: IDEMIA

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in late August issued the solicitation for a new document checking system that will include biometric technology to identify the credential holder and authenticate the travel document of passengers at airport checkpoints nationwide. The Request for Proposal (RFP), released on Aug. 28, says the credential authentication technology-2 (CAT2) contract will be worth $128 million and will either be a single or multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. The contractor for the current CAT system is IDEMIA. The…

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