SAFRAN : MorphoTrust Wins Identity Technology Contract Renewal with DoD
November 20, 2015 at 10:25 am EST
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Billerica, MA - November 3, 2015 - MorphoTrust USA (Safran), the Identity Company, today announced that it has won a major contract with the Department of Defense (DoD) to provide identity verification solutions. The solution, which leverages MorphoTrust's industry-leading biometrics expertise, will help the DoD achieve its mission of defending the United States by verifying the identities of individuals in situations critical to national security.
In this third year renewal option, DoD will extend its contract for MorphoTrust® ABIS® (automated biometric identification system). ABIS offers a software platform that allows organizations to search, process, compare and manage identity data of enrolled individuals. With ABIS, DoD can enroll biometric images including face, finger, palm and iris for use in near instantaneous one-to-one and one-to-many identity checks. ABIS facilitates the DoD's identity record keeping, identity management, ID verification and deduplication mission goals. This contract is worth $3.5 million.
'Federal agencies need to be able to reliably verify the identities of individuals whenever national security is involved, and wherever identity is critical to their mission,' said Bob Eckel, CEO of MorphoTrust. 'Over the years, MorphoTrust has proudly served the identity needs of DoD and many other agencies, and our team looks forward to bringing our expertise and support in the years ahead.'
Safran is a high technology international group, a leading equipment provider in the Aerospace and Defense markets. The group specializes in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of equipment and systems of high technology mechanical and electronic equipment. Net sales break down by product family as follows:
- aeronautic and space propulsion systems (51.2%): helicopter motors (No. 1 worldwide), civil and military airplanes motors, systems for space lancers and missiles, turboreactors for drone targets, etc.;
- aircraft equipment, defense systems and aerosystems (38%): airplane engine pods, landing gear, braking systems, electric wiring systems, etc. Safran also offers on board aircraft systems and equipment (primarily evacuation slides, emergency arresting systems, protective parachutes and oxygen systems, electrical power management systems, control systems, water and waste management systems and connectivity systems) and defense and security systems (helicopter flight controls, fingerprint-based biometric identification systems (No. 1 worldwide), inertial systems, optronic systems, tactical drone systems, etc.);
- aircraft interiors (10.7%): cabin interiors and seats;
- other (0.1%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (19.4%), Europe (24%), the Americas (34.8%), Asia and Oceania (13.2%), Africa and the Middle East (8.6%).
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