The US Army has extended a contract with Northrop Grumman to supply an unspecified army organization with a biometrics capability.Heavily redacted contact docs reveal that the new Task Order will provide a bridge for a twelve (12) month period for the continuation of systems engineering and technical assistance services.”[The] Product Manager (PM) Biometrics Enabling Capability (BEC) requires a bridge for a new Task Order for a twelve (12) month period for the continuation of systems engineering and technical assistance services”.”Product Manager (PM) Biometrics Enabling Capability (BEC) is responsible for executing the system life cycle management responsibilities for the Army's enterprise biometrics solution for ingesting, storing, processing, matching, sharing, and managing national biometrics resources for adversary and neutral/unknown/non-aligned population groups across the full range of military operations.””NGSC is the only viable contractor capable of providing services at the required level and quality to meet performance requirements at this time when considering the expiration of the existing Task Order”

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