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FBI Seeks Next-Gen Biometric Algorithms for NGI Upgrade
An FBI RFI calls for vendors to provide next-generation fingerprint, face, iris, and tattoo algorithms to modernize the Next Generation Identification (NGI) system.
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- Request spans tenprint, latent, face, iris, and tattoo matching for large-scale identification workloads.
- Vendors are expected to participate in NIST testing and supply performance data.
- Signals continued NGI modernization and potential procurement roadmap.
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The FBI issued a new request for information seeking next-generation biometric matching algorithms to upgrade the NGI platform. The RFI covers tenprint and latent fingerprints, face, iris, and tattoo recognition, emphasizing scalability and validated performance.
Vendors are asked to align with NIST evaluation regimes and provide metrics suited to federal identification workloads, signaling a procurement track for refreshed multimodal capabilities inside NGI.