U.S. Navy to save millions in paper costs with biometric signatures for recruitment forms
The U.S. Navy has begun using fingerprint biometrics to fill out the form of new recruits to the service, and…
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Turkey adds autonomous facial recognition kamikaze drones to military portfolio
A major player in the engineering and defense industries, Turkish defense contractor Defense Technologies Engineering and Trade Inc. (STM) is…
Spoof attacks top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
Spoof attacks in theory and practice and the deployment of facial recognition for use cases including aviation and border crossings,…
Trueface wins Air Force facial recognition contract as other government deployments court controversy
Trueface has been awarded its second contract for biometric facial recognition technology from the U.S. Air Force, to help secure…
USSOCOM set to test, evaluate commercial next generation biometrics
The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) earlier this month issued a Request for Information (RFI) “to gain knowledge of potential…
Border Security 2020 announces biometrics-heavy agenda and speakers
Military staff, government figures, and key individuals with border security agencies from national around the world will discuss biometrics for…
US Air Force developing human molecular biosignature sensors and more
Research into “human signatures” for the purpose of developing technologies that can “sense and exploit human bio-signatures at both the…
WWT and Privoro to provide iOS “Assured Identity” solution to DISA
The U.S. Military’s Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has selected World Wide Technology (WWT) and Privoro to develop an assured…
Governments urged to consider biometrics regulation, laws and oversight as some investigate
The use of facial recognition, along with other technologies related to weapons and security, are being investigated by the House…
AI concerns prompt deepfake challenge, civil society criticism, and new DoD ethicist position
Issues in algorithmic trust and artificial intelligence ethics are motivating action by a number of institutions and businesses around the…
