Saflink will work with the DOD Biometrics Fusion Center (BFC) located in North Central West Virginia to evaluate the potential use of "contact-less" smart card and biometric technologies with the department's Common Access Card (CAC) in a physical access environment. The expected value of this current award to Saflink for the development and delivery of biometric security application software is approximately $137,000. This will be the third of three such awards for the company as part of the overall DOD CAC program.
"We are delighted to have been selected for this project," said Matt Shannon, Director of Government Sales for Saflink. "To date, we are the only biometric security application software company to have been selected to participate in all three of the initial CAC proof-of-concept segments. We expect the production pilot will likely be comprised of the 'best of breed' applications from the first three phases."
The first segment, known as CAC-A, explored the best way to store the biometric information of military personnel in four different scenarios. The second segment of the project, CAC-B, explored the integration of this biometric information with specific applications, and the third segment of the project, CAC-C, is intended to explore the use of these templates in a wireless physical access control environment.