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DoD Biometrics Program Readying Acquisition For ABIS Support, Life Extension

DoD Biometrics Program Readying Acquisition For ABIS Support, Life Extension
Lance Cpl. Kesley Farmer, rifleman, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, utilizes a Biometric Enrollment and Screening Device during a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 15, 2014. The company operated in Larr Village for two days to establish a presence and to disrupt enemy fighters. Throughout the mission the infantrymen conducted several patrols within the village and discovered hazardous materials which could be used to create improvised explosive devices. Photo: CPL Joseph Scanlan

The Program Manager for Defense Department Biometrics has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to survey contractors that can provide sustainment and service life extension capabilities for the department’s authoritative biometric repository, the DoD ABIS.The Product Manager Biometrics Enabling Capability, which is within the Program Manager for DoD Biometrics shop, “is seeking a system integrator capable of providing software and hardware sustainment, maintenance and modifications to the DoD ABIS as requirements and technology dictate, and enabling the system to meet…

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