Tag Archives: facial recognition

The U.S. Army plans to begin accepting industry proposals on facial recognition technology with potential military and civilian security applications on April 14, according to a Small Business Research Innovation opportunity notice posted on SAM.gov.

An Idemia-developed algorithm has recorded over 95 percent accuracy during a Department of Homeland Security exercise aimed at assessing the capacity of facial recognition technology in identifying masked individuals. Idemia said Monday its algorithm also achieved a True Identification Rate of over 99.5 percent of subjects not wearing masks as part of the DHS Science and Technology Directorate's 2020 Biometric Technology Rally.

AE Industrial Partners has acquired Linkware, a company that specializes in custom software solutions and government consulting, and Pangiam, a security and travel consulting services provider, to create an integrated travel solutions technology platform, AEI announced Wednesday. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. "Combining Linkware with Pangiam will create a compelling travel and security solutions technology platform with unlimited potential," said Kevin McAleenan.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has cited identity verification techniques based on risk management concepts as key factors that federal agencies should consider when implementing personnel authentication capabilities.

Trueface has received a contract through the U.S. Air Force's AFWERX program to install company-built computer vision systems at a military base in the first quarter of 2020.

Customs and Border Protection is seeking a contractor that can help the Department of Homeland Security implement biometrics technology to update its traveler vetting systems, Nextgov reported Friday.

The U.S. Army plans to award two five-year agreements for the production of fire control system prototypes that are capable of utilizing adjusted aiming points based on the distance of the target and perform ballistic calculations and wireless data transmission, Military.com reported Saturday.

Michael Punke, vice president of global public policy at Amazon Web Services, has said the company supports the call for a national legislative framework to prevent misuse of facial recognition technology against individual civil rights.

Some of the trends in the cybersecurity market to watch in 2019 include the availability of identity platforms in the cloud and use of mobile devices in authentication, Security Today reported Wednesday. Organizations aim to supplement application security platforms in the cloud with cloud-based identity and access management systems. The …

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a report that points to rapid advancements in the U.S. marketplace for facial recognition software platforms. NIST said Friday it evaluated 127 software algorithms from 39 different developers and found that face-based biometric matching algorithms showed 20 times better searching performance over the past …

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has created a mixed reality system designed to amplify a person’s facial movement to detect social gestures, emotional signals and other forms of nonverbal communication. The Mixed Reality Social Prosthesis technology works by overlaying facial imagery with psychophysiological data through the use of Microsoft's …

Maxar Technologies' Radiant Solutions business has teamed up with Secure Planet and Rank One Computing to launch a multimodal platform designed to provide facial recognition, fingerprint and palm print identification capabilities. The AFIX Tracker FR system uses ROC-developed algorithms for facial recognition and features software, hardware, onsite training and related support …

Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer of Microsoft, recently said that the government must regulate the use of facial recognition technology in light of its potential for abuse. Authorities must “pursue thoughtful government regulation” of facial recognition technology to mitigate the risk of its being used in such a …

Ideal Innovations Inc. has secured a potential four-year, $6.5 million contract to provide biometric examination services for the Defense Intelligence Agency‘s document and media exploitation mission. I3 said Nov. 2 it will support DIA’s National Media Exploitation Center under the contract, which contains one base year and three option years. Bob …

Safran‘s identity and security business will open a new facility in Silicon Valley at the end of 2016 in a move to familiarize the development community interact with the company’s products. The facility is located in Redwood City, California, and will feature an innovation center focused on digital payment, digital identity and …