Leidos has won the Automated Installation Entry Next Generation contract to improve security at 92 Army and Joint-Service installation access control points around the world.
The single-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract was awarded by the Army Contracting Command for the Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors. It has a 6-year period of performance with a total ceiling value of $249 million.
“We are proud to be the Army’s solution of choice for access control and security for all Army installations worldwide,” said Mike Diggins, senior vice president of homeland and force protection solutions at Leidos. “Our use of cloud technology and biometrics applications is intended to enable secure, frictionless pedestrian and vehicle throughput at military access control points.”
As the prime contractor, Leidos has transformed the Army’s enterprise Physical Access Control System to a fully extensible cloud-based solution with advanced biometrics modalities, the company said.
Leidos’ biometric systems are designed to validate digital identities and incorporate evolving cybersecurity protections. The cloud deployment provides near real-time updates to authentication requirements in response to changing force protection conditions.
“In collaboration with the Army customer, we’ve been able to demonstrate cloud-scale and persistent innovation to advance force protection solutions,” Diggins said. “We’re excited to apply this success to the next generation of the program.”
Leidos will perform work on site at Army and Joint-Service installations, with systems engineering and test activities primarily done at the Edgewood, Maryland, facility.