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Nortrhop Grumman To Enhance Army Biometric Intelligence Resource Program

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Thursday, February 26th, 2009

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The Army Feb. 23 awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $36.9 million cost-plus-award-fee contract to enhance the capabilities of the Biometric Intelligence Resource (BIR) system, which uses biometric data, such as fingerprints, facial recognition or iris scans to identify and track individuals of interest in the Global War on Terrorism. BIR is a massive repository linking disparate biometric intelligence-gathering tools and databases and is currently in use in Iraq and Afghanistan to identify and track terrorists, insurgents or other potential threats.…

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