Biometrics Enabled Intelligence

Abstract

The Army Program of Record for biometrics tactical collection capability is presently the Biometrics Automated Toolset-Army (BAT-A). It consists of the BAT-A Kit, BAT-A Handheld and BAT-A Web Service. This capability supports the Army Force Protection Mission and Identity Dominance Mission. The BAT-A system collects, matches, stores, and shares biometric and contextual information on Known & Suspected Terrorists, potential adversaries, host nation personnel, and third country nationals. Recipients of collected information include DoD organizations, other U.S. government agencies, and Coalition Partners. The BAT-A system is also used by non-Military Intelligence personnel (Infantry and Military Police) for protection missions. The capability was originally deployed as a Quick Reaction Capability and has been deployed in a combat zone for over 17 years. Today, BAT-A supports Operation Freedom's Sentinel, Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Guantanamo Bay. The BAT-A system will reach end of useful life in FY22. The $4.310 million of FY 2019 Base Funding will continue the transition phase established in FY 2018 for Next Generation Biometric Collection Capability (NXGBCC), the replacement for the BAT-A. The program will use the Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) process to down-select prototypes from commercial vendors. Also, the program will begin NXGBCC infrastructure assessment, functionality and modality evaluation. The FY 2019 OCO of $2.214 million will continue to support the development of new software code & associated testing to deliver the Identity Intelligence Analytic Resource (I2AR) a replacement for the Biometrics Identity Intelligence Repository (BI2R -the unique software-based analytic production system used by the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) specifically to create the Biometric Enabled Watchlist for Operation Freedom's Sentinel (OFS) and other worldwide missions) on the Intelligence Community Information Technology Environment (IC ITE) Commercial Cloud Service (C2S) cloud.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2019
• Source ID: 0307665A_7_2040_PB_2019
• Change Summary Explanation: The FY 2019 funding request was reduced by $1.490 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. The $4.310 million of FY 2019 Base Funding will continue on the transition phase established in FY 2018 for Next Generation Biometric Collection Capability, (NXGBCC) the replacement for the BAT-A. The program will use the Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) process to down-select prototypes from commercial vendors. Also, the program will begin NXGBCC infrastructure assessment, functionality and modality evaluation. The FY 2019 OCO of $2.214 million will continue to support the development of new software code & associated testing to deliver the Identity Intelligence Analytic Resource (I2AR) a replacement for the Biometrics Identity Intelligence Repository (BI2R -the unique software-based analytic production system used by NGIC specifically to create the Biometric Enabled Watchlist for OFS and other worldwide missions) on the Intelligence Community Information Technology Environment (IC ITE) C2S cloud.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Agreements
• Army
• Biometrics
• Civilian Personnel
• Communities
• Contracts
• Force Protection
• Information Systems
• Intelligence Community
• Military Intelligence
• Military Police
• Personnel Management
• Procurement
• Product Development
• Test And Evaluation
• Web Service

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