Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

BIO-key awarded $2 million biometric contract

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Wall, N.J.-based BIO-key International has been awarded a $2 million contract to integrate its biometric technology with a large multi-national technology company. BIO-key will license components of its VST finger matching software to be used on multiple, large international and domestic opportunities. Under the terms of the license agreement, BIO-key received a $2 million order for software licenses that will be delivered during the second and third quarters of the current fiscal year. [end] 

Cubic Transportation Systems has been awarded a $65 million deal, through its Australian division, to provide for passenger rail operations in Sydney.

The three-year contract includes expanded operations, maintenance of ticketing equipment, infrastructure and delivery of associated services by Cubic to RailCorp (Rail Corporation New South Wales). The contract includes provisions to be extended within two one-year options for services.

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The U.S. government’s Advanced Analytic Capabilities Subgroup of the Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) has awarded a research and development contract to voice biometrics technology provider Agnitio Corp. to speed up development and deliver an improved capabilities for voice biometrics-based mobile phone security.

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The California Department of Insurance (CDI) has awarded a two-year contract to Chicago-based Accurate Biometrics to perform its livescan and cardscan fingerprint collection and transmission services.

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MaxSec Group has been awarded a $1.3 million smart card contract with the Commonwealth of Australia, according to Proactive Investors Australia.

The contract, honored through MaxSec’s wholly owned entity BQT solutions, includes the supply of 6,000 smart card readers to the Australian Government by the end of June 2012.

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The Department of Defense’s Biometrics Identity Management Agency (BIMA) has exercised the second option year with modifications on the Ideal Innovations Inc. (I-3) Technology Management task order under the Biometrics Operations and Support Services – Unrestricted (BOSS-U) contract. The cumulative value of the contract is now $30.5 million.

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The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) has awarded a 10-year contract to 3M Cogent to provide high-resolution LiveScan booking systems and biometric identification products, using tenprint and palm print scans in accordance with the HKPF’s ANSI/NIST standard.

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