DoD ABIS is a system that collects, stores, matches, and shares biometric data (such as fingerprints, palm prints, iris scans, and facial scans) from persons of interest globally. It is used to identify and verify potential threats to national security and support military operations. It provides 24/7 operational support and uses specialized software and biometric examiners for manual matching12.

Biometrics matching capabilities allow the Warfighter to accurately identify, target, deny access, and/or detain known or suspected adversaries around the globe.  To support this mission, DoD ABIS serves as the authoritative repository for biometrics data collected from known and suspected terrorists and persons of interest.   It is used by all the Services, Geographic Combatant Commands, Special Operations forces, and the Intelligence Community.  The current DoD ABIS v1.3 system matches, stores, and shares four biometric modalities: fingerprint, facial images, palm-print, and iris patterns. The next generation DoD ABIS v2.0 will add the voice modality.  The system enables force protection, intelligence, physical and logical access control, identity management, and detection and interception operations. It features integrated commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) and Government-off-the-shelf (GOTS) products, using open architecture to minimize development and speed deployment.  DoD ABIS interfaces with numerous DoD and interagency biometrics systems, including Department of Justice (DoJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Department of State (DoS).

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• DoD ABIS interfaces with other government agencies, partner nations, and physical access control systems (PACS) at military installations to obtain and share biometric data

PdM BEC is responsible for life-cycle sustainment and next generation development of the Department of War Automated Biometrics Identification System (DoD ABIS)—the authoritative DoW repository for biometrics data collection, storage, matching, and sharing.

Biometrics matching capabilities allow the Warfighter to accurately identify, target, deny access, and/or detain known or suspected adversaries around the globe. To support this mission, DoD ABIS serves as the authoritative repository for biometrics data collected from known and suspected terrorists and persons of interest. It is used by all the Services, Geographic Combatant Commands, Special Operations forces, and the Intelligence Community. The current DoD ABIS v1.3 system matches, stores, and shares four biometric modalities: fingerprint, facial images, palm-print, and iris patterns. The next generation DoD ABIS v2.0 will add the voice modality. The system enables force protection, intelligence, physical and logical access control, identity management, and detection and interception operations. It features integrated commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) and Government-off-the-shelf (GOTS) products, using open architecture to minimize development and speed deployment. DoD ABIS interfaces with numerous DoW and interagency biometrics systems, including Department of Justice (DoJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Department of State (DoS).

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• NGIC Biometric Identity Intelligence Resource (BI2R); Biometrics Automated Toolset – Army (BAT-A); Next Generation Biometrics Collection Capability (NXGBCC); Near Real Time Identity Operations (NRTIO); Navy Identity Dominance System (IDS); SOCOM Special Operations Forces Exploitation Portal (SOFEX); EUCOM DEX Portal; USMC Identity Dominance System-Marine Corps (IDS-MC); FBI Next Generation Identification (NGI); DHS Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT)

Collects, stores, matches, shares, and analyzes biometric, biographical, and contextual data; used in five combatant commands. This capability supports the Army Force Protection and Identity Dominance Missions and sees continued service.

BAT-A is a multimodal biometric enrollment and identification system designed to support identity management missions; namely the BAT-A Kit and the BAT-A Hand Held (BAT-A HH).  The BAT-A system consists of biometric enrollment laptops, peripherals, and BAT-A servers.  BAT-A is a biometric system operated over SIPRNET.  BAT-A also has a BAT.Web interface to provide worldwide access to the BAT-A data.

BAT-A HH is an all-in-one multimodal biometric enrollment and identification system designed to support identity management missions in an unclassified environment.  The BAT-A HH system consists of the Secure Electronic Enrollment Kit (SEEK II) which provides fingerprint scanning, iris capture, face capture, GPS location and text input.

The BAT-A Kit collects, matches, stores, and shares a person’s biometric data and enrolls the information into the DoW enterprise authoritative biometric database, DoW Automated Biometric Identification System (DoD ABIS), to verify the individual’s identity.

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• BAT-A is interface with the National Ground Intelligence Center and the DoW Automated Biometrics Identification System (DoW ABIS)

The Product Lead, Biometrics Enabling Capability (PL BEC), is responsible for sustaining the DoW Automated Biometrics Identification System (DoD ABIS) and developing new capabilities to support the DoW Biometrics Enterprise. DoD ABIS is the authoritative DoW biometrics repository supporting the identification of known or suspected adversaries around the globe by DoW, the Intelligence Community, and Interagency partners through the sharing of biometrics and the Defense Watch List (DWL).

BEC 1 is the Program of Record for DoD ABIS v2.0 fielded through nine incremental deployments which were completed in FY24 as part of the ACAT III BEC Increment 1 Post-MS B Program. DoD ABIS v2.0 followed a Base-Case-Enhanced evolutionary acquisition program strategy, building upon the existing version 1.3 system and an Information Technology (IT) Box concept. This acquisition strategy provided flexibility to incrementally develop and field DoD the ABIS v2.0 capability through planned Capability Drops (CDs) based on requirement refinement, funding availability, and technological advances. DoD ABIS v2.0 CD 1 migrated the DoD ABIS to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud and added the voice modality. DoW personnel operating in every geographic combatant command can now access and submit biometrics data to DoD ABIS anywhere in the world.

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• BEC 1 is the Program of Record for DoD ABIS v2.0 fielded in FY24.  As such, BEC 1 is a GovCloud system interfacing with other U.S. Government databases supporting the DoW, Interagency partners, and foreign allies.

Provide the ability to collect, store, and match biometrics for individuals within the USCENTCOM Area of Responsibility (AOR) with a maximum three (3) minute response back to the tactical user, often in high threat tactical environments.

NRTIO is a Family of Systems (FoS) that has the capability to collect, match, and store palm, fingerprints, iris, and faces to establish identity superiority and maintain identity dominance in all areas of military operations. The purpose of the system is to positively identify individuals and link individuals to events and activities that pose a threat to peace and security, and in addition, to share biometric data with approved DoW, interagency, and multi-national partners. Key components of the system include biometric collection devices, data communications platforms, and a regional server with a web portal user interface.

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• NRTIO interfaces with DoD Automated Biometrics Identification System (ABIS)

Improve force protection posture by increasing throughput rate and improving identity operations at entry control points.

Physical Access Control System with contact-less biometrics (face, fingers, and iris) sensors as a standalone capability or integrated into a 20-foot CONEX container for rapid and non-stop identification and matching of personnel against the DoW Biometric Enabled Watch List.

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• GOTM-B interoperates with several government systems and databases

Provide a robust face collection and exploitation capability that matches against known unclassified media.

Software solution that provides a face matching capability supporting the identification of individuals leveraging content from social media, dark web sources, captured enemy material, and manual photo/video uploads.

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• N/A

Provide a robust voice collection and exploitation capability that matches against known unclassified media.

Software solution that provides a voice matching capability supporting the identification of individuals through quality active and passive voiceprints that are either collected or extracted from videos.

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• N/A

GPS-Survey (GPS-S) supports Technical Engineer (MOS 12T) accomplishment of construction and topographic surveys with centimeter level precision and has integrated SAASM capability that satisfies OSD Policy for operations in degraded and contested environments.

GPS-S enables Engineer Survey & Design and Army Dive Teams to develop accurate position location and surface profiles to support critical safety of navigation, obstacle and sensor placement, runway layout and repair, construction and maintenance, hydrographic/topographic surveys that feed planning and analysis tasks for maneuver forces. This equipment is foundational to Army Technical Engineers (MOS 12T) and Army Divers (MOS 12D) METL.

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• GPS-S interfaces with current Army Survey equipment to perform integrated GPS/optical surveys and with the Instrument Set, Reconnaissance and Surveying (ENFIRE) tablet PC for post processing of survey data and import of survey design files

Global Positioning System – Survey (GPS-S)

Instrument Set, Reconnaissance and Surveying (common name: ENFIRE) is a digital technology upgrade to the analog Survey Set, Military Field Sketching legacy capabilities. ENFIRE enables the performance of reconnaissance, construction management, project management, field surveying, facilities management, inventory management, obstacle planning and field engineering tasks by soldiers in CMF 12. The set utilizes standard military communications devices to transfer data files to the Army Mission Command suite of warfighting capabilities.

ENFIRE enables maneuver forces by expediting hasty/deliberate route, area, and zone reconnaissance, route clearance, hazard identification, inventory, and construction management efforts through the integration of digital tools into a single platform. ENFIRE has evolved into the common computing platform for the Regiment enabling reconnaissance, route clearance, obstacle planning/reporting, construction management, survey support and terrain shaping and analysis.

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• N/A

Instrument Set, Reconnaissance and Surveying (Common Name: ENFIRE)

The Automated Integrated Survey Instrument (AISI) is a non-developmental item (NDI) used to collect, store, retrieve, and process survey data. It is a COTS advanced surveying instrument that combines traditional land survey tools into a single auto-tracking, robotic 3D scanning total station which affords efficiency of effort that leads to less time on target. AISI can be used with other collection devices, such as GPS and HD LiDAR Scanners further enhancing analysis and utility of the collected data. This equipment is foundational for Army Technical Engineers (MOS 12T) METL.

AISI provides the military surveyor with a single instrument (total station) to achieve all functions formally carried out with theodolites, tapes, and distance measuring devices significantly increases the speed of survey operations and mitigation of human recording and computing errors. It automatically stores field survey data for integration to Computer Aided Design (CAD) systems.

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• Interoperable with Global Positioning System – Survey (GPS-S) and ENFIRE

The Automated Integrated Survey Instrument (AISI)

AIE enhances Installation security through automated personnel verification and authentication using a Joint Service Architecture and authoritative databases to continuously vet personnel against possible criminal, terrorist and insider threats

The Automated Installation Entry (AIE) system is a critical security capability used across Army installations to protect forces and support mission readiness. AIE enables security forces to manage access control by vetting individuals, authenticating identities, and determining fitness for access based on public law, regulatory requirements, and authoritative data sources. Currently on mission at 99 installations, AIE is projected to expand its operational footprint to 201 locations over the next five years with an additional 102 fielding locations planned worldwide.

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• AIE interfaces with various authoritative federal, state, and local databases.

Automated Installation Entry (AIE)

BETSS-C delivers an elevated surveillance system providing 24/7, 360° visual coverage with Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) cameras for detection and assessment of potential threats.

RDISS is an easily transportable, flexible, scalable, expeditionary surveillance system composed primarily of Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components. Consisting of Closed-Circuit TV (CCTV) and Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) cameras with Infrared (IR) illuminators, RDISS provides perimeter security capabilities to detect and alert Commanders of possible enemy threats outside of the perimeter. RDISS enhances base defense protective posture by providing early warning and additional standoff capability.

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To provide an advanced suite of Entry Control detection sensing technologies to alert Security Personnel to the presence of Vehicle-Borne IED (VBIED) and materials of interest (MOI) that threaten bases, forward operating bases, and critical infrastructure.

C-VBIED is a System of Systems (SoS) developed to detect Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) and other anomalies prior to a vehicle entering a Forward Operating Base (FOBs). It can be operated as a stand-alone capability or integrated into the Integrated Base Defense-Kitting (IBD-K) SoS.

C-VBIED consists of the Automated Vehicle Inspection System (AVIS) which uses a high-definition camera that captures and stores images of a vehicle’s undercarriage. The AVIS Gatekeeper software is capable of identifying and alerting Operators to anomalies to a vehicle’s undercarriage, as well as an integrated license plate reader and driver camera.

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• N/A

Counter Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (C-VBIED)

To enhance base protective posture, assess threats, deny enemy access, and provide stand-off by controlling vehicle and personnel access through a system of systems approach.

ECP is an integrated System of Systems that enhances Force Protection capability against Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIED) and Personnel-Borne IED (PBIED) threats at Entry Control Points to Forward Operating Bases (FOB).  

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• N/A

Entry Control Point (ECP)

G-BOSS(E) is an expeditionary, ground-based, self-contained, multi-spectral sensor, persistent surveillance system used to observe, collect, detect, classify, identify, track, record, and report on contacts, objects of interest, and assessed threats twenty-four hours a day utilizing a fused video and sensor data display. The expeditionary nature is a critical aspect of the G-BOSS(E) to meet joint operations.

G-BOSS(E) is an expeditionary, ground/tower-based, self-contained, multi-spectral sensor system providing persistent surveillance and threat detection capabilities, enhancing situational awareness and rapid decision-making.

The size and weight of G-BOSS(E) allow mobility, transportability, scalability, and modularity consistent with deployment and employment using common U.S. air, land, and sea transport assets. G-BOSS(E) is easily operated and maintained, and it is rugged enough to support expeditionary operations worldwide and compliments Transformation in Contact (TIC) and Large-Scale Combat Operation (LSCO) initiatives.  

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• N/A

Ground-Based Operational Surveillance System (Expeditionary) (G-BOSS(E))

IBD-K provides an integrated Force Protection System of Systems that enhance a Unit’s protective posture and situational awareness by providing tailorable (a la carte) and layered sensor coverage. IBD-K provides Commanders with near-real-time threat detection assisting in facilitating coordinated, rapid responses to detected threats.

IBD-K is an integrated, tailorable Force Protection System of Systems (SoS) providing Perimeter Security, Entry Control, Persistence Surveillance, Command and Control (C2), and Warning and Alert capabilities at Forward Operating Bases (FOB) and installations.

As a System of Systems, IBD-K provides an integrated force protection capability comprised of the following equipment:

• Perimeter Security: Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) with infrared (IR) capability, Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) cameras with IR capability, Long Range Thermal Imagers (LRTI), Battlefield Anti-Intrusion System (BAIS)
• Entry Control: Portable Barriers, Ballistic Booths, Cameras, Non-Intrusive Inspection Systems, Turnstiles, 2-Way Audio
• Persistent Surveillance: BETSS-C
• C2 Data Fusion: Joint All-Hazards Common Control System (JACCS)
• Warn and Alert: Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD)

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• N/A

Integrated Base Defense-Kitting (IBD-K)

ICIDS provides a standard intrusion detection capability for DoW facilities world-wide including conventional, nuclear, and chemical sites.

ICIDS is a highly secure, standardized Intrusion Detection System using state-of-commercial technology to detect and assess unauthorized intrusion of protected areas. ICIDS provides real-time assessment and rapid flexible response to existing, imminent, or emerging threats. ICIDS is based on a scalable architecture designed to accommodate a set quantity of protected zones within the installation.

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• N/A

Integrated Commercial Intrusion Detection System (ICIDS)

To enhance Force Protection against Vehicle and Personnel Improvised Explosive Devices, weapons, hidden personnel, narcotics, and other contraband in response to multiple Joint Urgent Operational Needs (JUONs) and Operational Needs Statement (ONS).

NIIS is a Commercial off-the-Shelf (COTS)-based family of detection and screening systems used for non-intrusive inspection and scanning of vehicles, containers, personnel, and baggage. NIIS provides increased probability of detection of anomalies indicating the presence of explosives, weapons, personnel, or other contraband.

NIIS uses X-ray and Backscatter technologies to identify and alert operators to scanned anomalies at Entry Control Points (ECP).

The NIIS Family of Systems include:

• Eagle T25 Trailer-Mounted, Drive-Through Inspection System: Self-contained and rapidly deployed vehicle and cargo container X-ray inspection system. Systems can be operated from up to 300 meters standoff for added personnel safety. Throughput of up to 60 trucks per hour
• Baggage Inspection Systems: Self-contained X-ray baggage and parcel inspection systems
• Personnel Scanner: Enables operators to easily identify concealed threats. The Backscatter technology provides high resolution images of both organic (e.g., explosives, narcotics, ceramic weapons) and inorganic (e.g., metal) items

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• N/A

RDISS provides an easy to install, operate, and maintain, rapidly relocatable base defense camera system for increased detection, assessment, and persistent surveillance.

RDISS is an easily transportable, flexible, scalable, expeditionary video surveillance system (Closed Circuit and Pan-Tilt-Zoom) providing outside the perimeter detection and assessment capabilities for Joint Security Sites, Combat Outposts, and Forward Operating Bases.

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• N/A

Rapid Deployment Integrated Surveillance System (RDISS)