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Precise awarded government contract

Friday, July 10, 2009

Precise Biometrics, a developer of biometric solutions, has been awarded a contract valued at more than $6.1 million from the U.S. government.

The contract specifies Precise provides immediate delivery to various agencies with hardware and software necessary for the existing infrastructure involving Precise’s Match-On-Card system.

The specific solution is for U.S. security and cyber defense to prevent hostile invasions of government networks carrying crucial or confidential data. U.S. officials say Match-On-Card technology is an integral tool to stop the hacking of government systems. [end] 

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