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From Eyes in the Skies to Data on the Ground

April 1, 2018
By George I. Seffers
NATO is building a wide range of technological capabilities, including open source intelligence, counterterrorism, artificial intelligence, space-based surveillance, electronic warfare and biometric solutions.

NATO is building a wide range of technological capabilities, including open source intelligence, counterterrorism, artificial intelligence, space-based surveillance, electronic warfare and biometric solutions, some of which were previously left to the individual nations or other international organizations.

The flurry of activity amounts to a complete metamorphosis of NATO’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) assets, according to Matt Roper, the joint ISR chief within NATO’s Communications and Information Agency. Roper notes that the alliance’s new direction results directly from the 2012 summit in Chicago.

Army Deploys Biometrics System to Iraq

February 26, 2018
By George I. Seffers
The U.S. Army is evaluating a multimodal, non-contact biometrics system at an undisclosed location in Iraq. Credit: HQuality/Shutterstock

Army researchers are providing a system to forces in Iraq that provides contact-free fingerprint, facial recognition and iris detection capabilities. The system has been deployed to an undisclosed location as part of a joint urgent operational need and will be assessed for about 30 days to determine if it might be used elsewhere.

It is designed to control access to sensitive areas. Personnel with common access cards simply walk through the system as they would any checkpoint, and the technology reads their various biometric signatures and displays the data on a screen monitored by an operator.

IARPA-Funded Project Advances Biometrics Intelligence

April 29, 2016
 

A group of University of Maryland (UMD) researchers has developed an algorithm that can not only detect a face, but also simultaneously determine the gender and pose, and extract fiducial, or reference, points.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) has provided funding and support for the invention, which has been dubbed HyperFace. The algorithm simultaneously detects faces; finds facial landmarks, including eye center, nose tip, etc.; estimates the head pose; and recognizes the person’s gender from any real-world images and videos, Rama Chellappa, UMD chair of electrical and computer engineering, said in a written announcement.

CrossResolve to Research Stand-Off Biometric Identity Technology

April 26, 2016
 

CrossResolve LLC, Morgantown, West Virginia, is being awarded a $17,244,129 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the procurement of basic and applied research of biometric identity operations in support of the Navy Special Surveillance Program. This contract includes advanced contactless/stand-off biometric face, finger, and iris technologies; data analytic tools; and established communication channels. Work will be performed in Morgantown, West Virginia (80 percent); and Patuxent River, Maryland (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2019. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $50,000 will be obligated at time of award, all of which wil

Harding Security to Provide Biometrics Intelligence in Afghanistan

March 19, 2012
By George Seffers

Harding Security Associates, McLean, Virginia, was awarded an $11,041,052 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for biometrics intelligence support services.  Work will be performed in Charlottesville, Virginia and Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 28, 2012.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, National Ground Intelligence Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

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