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Army Expects To Deploy Upgraded ABIS System Next Week

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014

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TAMPA, Fla.—Independent operating testing that was completed earlier in September of an upgraded version of the Defense Department’s biometric database went well and the system is expected to be deployed next week, an Army official said Sept. 18. The results of the tests will be presented tomorrow to Douglas Wiltsie, the Army’s Program Executive Officer for Enterprise Information Systems, and he is expected to approve the DoD Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) 1.2 version to enter operations on Sept. 26,…

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