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For Immediate Release
MARTINEZ, CA, Dec. 22, 2005 – SecuriMetrics,
Inc., a world leader in iris and multi-modal biometric identification
technologies, today announced that it received follow-on
purchase orders for, and completed delivery of, 1,025
PIER 2.3™ devices to the US Department of Defense
and a DOD contractor. These orders bring the total
number of deployed PIERs™ to over 1,800. The
devices have been delivered to the Battle Lab
at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona. The aggregate value of the
follow-on orders is approximately $4.4 million.
The DOD is deploying SecuriMetrics’ iris
identification devices as part of the Biometric Automated Toolset
(BAT) System throughout Iraq, Afghanistan and other areas
of conflict. BAT
is used for collecting, cataloguing, storing, and transmitting
biographic data from detainees, including enemy combatants,
enemy prisoners of war, and civilian internees ("red
force personnel") in the CENTCOM AO for "several
classified and unclassified databases" shared among
intelligence, law enforcement and border control agencies. The
BAT system uses a rugged laptop and its attached peripherals
(PIER™ iris scanner, fingerprint scanner, and digital
camera) to "register" detainees.
The PIER 2.3™ device functions as a fast and accurate
biometric enrollment and recognition tool using state of
the art iris scanning. Weighing about 16 ounces, the
PIER 2.3™ is a rugged hand-held device capable of storing
up to 200,000 iris templates onboard and can operate untethered
to a host computer. Connected to the BAT system, the
PIER 2.3™ can match iris templates against a virtually
unlimited sized database with extreme speed and accuracy.
"The continued expansion of our business relationship with our DOD customers
reflects the positive impact our technology is having on
these deployments," said Greg Peterson, SecuriMetrics’ CEO. "We
appreciate the DOD’s commitment to biometric technology
and SecuriMetrics' products and look forward to them capitalizing on the many recent
advances SecuriMetrics has made in iris and multi-modal identification
technology."
SecuriMetrics,
Inc. is a biometric security solutions provider and a world
leader in the technology of iris and multi-modal identification
and recognition. Identification using
the iris is widely recognized as the fastest, most accurate
and scalable of all biometric technologies. The
Company’s proprietary products have achieved significant
adoption by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), various
U.S. Intelligence agencies and in the corrections/law enforcement
marketplaces.
SecuriMetrics markets hardware, software
and professional development services that enable its customers
to create biometric databases and subsequently identify subjects
with extreme speed and accuracy. As
of December 2005, the Company has over 1,800 of its flagship
PIER™ devices deployed throughout Iraq, Afghanistan,
Pakistan, Cuba, Bosnia and other areas of conflict. US detention centers in Iraq and Afghanistan use this
device to manage detainees. In addition,
the technology is used to secure physical assets (such as buildings
and bases), provide positive inmate identification and screen
for insurgents against “watch lists.”
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