Leidos selected by FBI to modernize biometric and criminal history repository

Leidos (LDOS) was awarded a $128M task order by the FBI to provide agile software development and modernization for the Next Generation Identification – NGI – system, the bureau’s biometric and criminal history repository. The FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services division administers NGI, the world’s largest electronic repository of biometric and criminal history information. Leidos will provide more capabilities through this program. Those include mobile apps, biometric algorithms, automated testing, and the integration of other emerging technologies. The task order covers a one-year base period of performance, with four option years.