LOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED $9.4 MILLION CONTRACT TO PROVIDE PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT ID SYSTEMS: "The Pakistan Federal Investigative Agency (PFIA) will soon use Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) state-of-the-art fingerprint identification system to quickly identify suspected criminals.  The U.S. State Department has awarded Lockheed Martin a $9.4 million contract to develop and deliver the Pakistan Automated Fingerprint Identification System (PAFIS).

PAFIS will be a variant of a similar systems used by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The Government of Pakistan, through this contract with the U.S. State Department, will receive top-of-the-line biometric identification technology."

(Via a DefenseTech.)