Northrop Grumman wins £28.8M contract to provide forensic and biometric capability in the UK

Global security firm Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a £28.8 million (USD $45.3 million) contract by the United Kingdom Home Office to provide service and systems operations and maintenance to the Forensic and Biometric Interim Capability (FABrIC). Under the two-year FABrIC contract, Northrop Grumman will maintain and improve the IDENT1 central national biometric database software. The identity management and crime scene forensic systems use fingerprints to forensically verify or resolve identities in the UK for law enforcement, which has