IBM joins Lockheed Martin on FBI Next Generation Identification Program
Lockheed Martin and IBM will join together to develop and maintain the Next Generation Identification system for the FBI. NGI is the new multi-modal, state-of–the-art biometrics system that will be used by state, local and federal authorities.
The NGI system will now also include palm prints, iris and facial recognition capabilities in addition to fingerprints. Lockheed Martin will provide program oversight as well as biometric and large systems development. As a subcontractor, IBM will provide information technology services, as well as specific software and hardware to be used in the NGI system.
IBM had previously protested the contract award to Lockheed. It wasn’t immediately know if the computing giant dropped its protest bid with this announcement. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/secureidnews-4.gif)
