Lockheed Martin
teams with Cogent Systems for UK’s largest Criminal
Identification Technology Services contract
29 May 2003
IT firms’
emerging
technologies
experiences are
critical to
IDENT1 programme
success
LONDON, May
29, 2003 --
Lockheed Martin,
a global
information
technology
systems
integrator,
today announced
a teaming
agreement with
current National
Automated
Fingerprint
Identification
System (NAFIS)
technology
provider Cogent
Systems to
pursue the UK’s
future
integrated
justice
programme
IDENT1.
First awarded
for development
in 1995, NAFIS
provides a
central
fingerprint
database that
can be addressed
by any police
force in England
and Wales. If
selected for the
new IDENT1
programme,
scheduled for
award this year,
Lockheed Martin
will perform
systems
integration
tasks similar to
those
accomplished for
the U.S. Federal
Bureau of
Investigation’s
(FBI) Integrated
Automated
Fingerprint
Identification
System (IAFIS).
Cogent will
provide finger
and palm print
identification
technology that
is three
generations
evolved from the
Cogent
technology
supplied during
the original
NAFIS
procurement.
Lockheed
Martin was the
integrator for
the IAFIS
programme and
continues to
operate,
maintain and
provide
technology
refreshment for
the FBI criminal
justice
information
services that
contain
fingerprint and
criminal history
information on
more than 43
million
individuals.
“Our systems
will enhance the
capability of
the front-line
constabularies
through existing
and emerging
technology,"
said Graham
McIntyre,
managing
director of
Lockheed Martin
UK-Information
Systems, located
at Hertford.
“Efficient use
of the existing
NAFIS technology
combined with
implementation
of new
technologies
will provide
significant
savings annually
through
productivity
enhancements.
Additionally, we
will be able to
introduce new
identification
technologies
that will aid
the police in
their crime
fighting
mission.”
Dr. Barry
Blain, UK
director of
business
development for
Cogent Systems
said, “ This
experienced UK
team provides a
low risk
solution to
engage all
biometric
technologies.
Our AFIS
technology which
is at the heart
of NAFIS,
coupled with
Lockheed
Martin’s
experience
providing the
IAFIS national
solution for the
FBI, means we
are best
positioned to
provide best
value for our
customer.”
Cogent
Systems Inc. is
a leading
supplier of
automatic finger
and palm print
identification
systems for both
government and
commercial
customers. The
company
currently
supports the
NAFIS programme
for the Police
Information
Technology
Organisation (PITO),
which supplies
the fingerprint
identification
services to all
43 police forces
of England and
Wales.
Lockheed
Martin is the
U.S. federal
government’s
largest
information
technology
contractor. The
corporation’s
capabilities in
information
technology range
from basic
infrastructure
support to the
architectural
design,
integration and
implementation
of complex
mission critical
applications and
network centric
systems.
Lockheed
Martin’s
22,000-plus
information
technology
professionals
support more
than 2,000
government and
commercial field
locations in the
United States
and abroad.
Contact:
Chris Trippick
+44(0)23 9244
3739 (mob) +44
(0)7905 356 646,
Or
Mark Douglas on
+44 (0)20 7798
2850, or (mob)
+44 (0)7879
444081
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