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Army Revisiting Long-Term Acquisition Plans for Biometric Collection Devices, Data Repository

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 13th, 2014

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A year ago the Army had established notional plans for a new generation of tactical biometric collection devices and a path forward to significantly upgrade to the Defense Department’s authoritative biometrics database once the current system approaches obsolescence in a few years but with resources tightening the service is planning new acquisition strategies around sustaining existing capabilities, according to an Army official. The Army plans to leverage the investments it has already made in tactical collection devices, turn it into…

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