More information on 4th Annual Biometrics for National Security and Defense
Within minutes of knocking down the door of a suspected bomb maker in the Middle East, U.S. troops can fingerprint everyone they find inside, send scans across a satellite rink and find out if the subjects are suspected terrorists.
Biometrics – the science of identifying a person through their unique body measurements such as fingerprints, iris scans, voice prints or DNA - has come a long way, so much so, that a submission from theater can be searched in the DoD Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) with a response back to theater in less than two minutes.