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Unisys Gets RFID Contract with the Western
Hemisphere Travel Initiative
Other topics:
RFID Temperature Tags,
RFID Floor Tags,
RFID
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Unisys
January 29, 2008
San Francisco, CA -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP),
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), awarded Unisys a task order
to provide information technology in support of the Western
Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), the company announced.
The company noted that the task order is firm-fixed-price and has
one base year and four one-year options, exercisable at the
government's discretion. The value of the base year is $37.2
million. The total value of the award is $62 million, if all option
periods are exercised. CBP awarded this task order under Enterprise
Gateway for Leading-Edge Technology (EAGLE), DHS' basic contract for
IT consolidation of its component agencies. |
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WHTI is an agreement among
the United States, Canada, Mexico and Bermuda, whereby each
participating country will issue radio frequency identification
(RFID)-enabled passports or other WHTI-compliant documentation for
entrance to or departure from the United States. The RFID component
stores the traveler's relevant information. Card readers that Unisys
will deploy and manage will quickly communicate that information to
CBP, whose systems can confirm the document's validity and the
traveler's identity.
The solution will also capture images of the vehicle and its driver,
read license plate information, send the captured data to other CBP
systems, and retain that data so that future searches can be
performed quickly and easily.
The initiative is expected to enhance security and traffic flow at
39 northern and southern U.S. land ports of entry.
Unisys will design and implement the solution that reads
WHTI-compliant identification credentials and that reads and
verifies travelers' license plates. Unisys will also provide help
desk services and operations and maintenance for the solution.
"The solution Unisys will provide for WHTI is a logical next step in
the overall effort to secure the U.S. borders. The SBInet program
(phase one of DHS's Secure Border Initiative), on which Unisys is
currently performing as a key subcontractor to Boeing, is designed
to help monitor and secure the border between official points of
entry. WHTI will cover the entry points themselves. Together, they
create a high-tech, comprehensive system designed to enhance
security at U.S. borders," said Greg Baroni, president, Unisys
Federal Systems. |
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