Leidos : Home Office appoints Leidos UK to deliver transformation of its biometrics platform
October 01, 2019 at 06:08 pm
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(LONDON) Oct. 1, 2019 - Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, has today been appointed by the UK Home Office to transition, operate and transform critical elements of the UK's national biometrics systems in support of law enforcement, immigration services and border security. Work will be performed as part of the Home Office Biometrics (HOB) Programme's Strategic Central and Bureau Platforms project which cements the Home Office strategy to digitally transform their biometrics systems through increased performance, capability, security and resilience to create a world leading biometrics capability across government.
Biometric technology is a critical element of UK national security and public safety infrastructure and the Home Office provides the biometric capability for fingerprints, DNA, and facial matching. Up until now, this has been done through two heritage systems; IDENT1 for UK police forces and law enforcement, and Immigration and Asylum biometrics system (IABS).
The new 10-year contract with the Home Office will see Leidos UK transition, operate and converge the core Central and Bureau elements of IDENT1 and IABS systems, collaborating with the Home Office and their partners to deliver the modernisation and disaggregation of these existing systems. Further to this, Leidos will deliver a full infrastructure transformation, converging both the systems on a secure and resilient public cloud-based platform, providing a springboard for further digital transformation of this critical service.
This project will not be making any changes to who can access IABS and IDENT1. Access will continue to be determined by the Home Office.
'We look forward to working with the Home Office and its partners to deliver transformation across the key components of the Home Office Biometrics transformation programme,' said Tim Crofts, Leidos UK vice president of business development and strategy. 'This capability is vital to the UK's security, border and policing services and we will bring to bear our 50 years' experience in delivering complex change to transform and secure critical services for government departments and agencies.'
About Leidos
Leidos is a Fortune 500® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company's 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $10.19 billion for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2018. Leidos UK has more than 1,200 employees servicing defence, public services, transportation, and logistics clients. For more information, visit Leidos.com.
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- defense (56.6%): design, engineering and integration of technological solutions for intelligence, airborne surveillance and reconnaissance, maritime and land-based solutions, electronic warfare systems, and automated sensor, alarm, command and control systems, software development, cyber security solutions and data processing and analysis solutions, IT infrastructure development and integration, etc.;
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Net sales by market are divided between the US Department of Defense and the intelligence community (49.4%), government agencies (37.4%) and commercial customers (13.2%).
The United States accounts for 91,4% of net sales.
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