Raytheon develops long-range border ID device

Raytheon develops long-range device to ID travellers crossing border at speed

Security Document World Event moves into top gear

Security Document World has launched its inaugural conference and exhibition aimed at technology suppliers, security printers, infrastructure providers and integrators in the security document market place.

SAFE ID secures 10 million euros in financing

SAFE ID Solutions closes a second round of financing amounting to more than 10 million euros

US reports progress in security and convenience

A year after US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff announced the ‘Rice-Chertoff Joint Vision: Secure borders, open doors in the information age’ initiative, the two departments say they have made significant progress.

Easy access to passport data for Dutch citizens

Dutch citizens are to get easy access to the data stored on their new ePassports following a decision by the government to install ePassport scanners in municipal offices throughout the Netherlands.

Cross Match fingerprint device approved in Germany

Cross Match announces certification for its single finger scanner to be used in Germany’s ePassport programme

Cambodia opts for ePassport labels

Cambodia opts for comprehensive epassport solution from IRIS - including ePassport labels

UK government issues 2006 report on key projects

The UK government’s Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has published a report on the three key IPS IT projects delivered in 2006.

Americans support biometrics in Government IDs

Eighty-two percent of Americans support the use of biometric identification on passports

Manual ePassport personalization gets faster

SAFE ID Solutions introducesmanual passport personalisation system that churns out 180 passports per hour

Cognitec wins Estonian contract

Cognitec announces deal with IBM Estonia to provide facial recognition technology for government

Latvia set for Q3 ePassport rollout

The Latvian government has awarded G&D a contract to produce 1.1 million ePassports over the next five years.

Bahamas inks ePassport deal

Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs to start rolling out ePassports later this year

Indian ePassport trials set for 2007

India has indicated that it will soon begin its conversion to electronic passports

Test methods for ePassports and readers available

Test methods for ePassports and readers now available, but won’t become part of ICAO doc 9303

Smart Card Alliance urges US government rethink

The Smart Card Alliance has called on the US government to rethink its proposed passport card using long-range RFID technology.

Norway opts for Motorola

Motorola has been awarded a contract to provide technology for the collection and verification of biometric data for Norwegian passports, visas and other travel documents.

TSSI teams up with Regula and Luminescence UK

Luminescence UK, Regula and TSSI Systems have joined forces to launch a range of security products.

Smartrac supplies millions of inlays to USA

Smartrac obtains a major order to supply several million ePassport inlays for the United States’ ePass project

Lithuania opts for Bundesdruckerei

Bundesdruckerei to develop an e-sticker for Lithuanian biometric passports