Amentum wins $282M contract for US biometric immigration systems

A sprawling engineering and integration firm has been awarded its second big U.S. immigration biometrics contract in three months. Both are part of modernization programs.

The Citizenship and Immigration Services agency has signed a contract valued at $282.5 million with Virginia-based Amentum to install biometric systems to help process lawful immigration applications at 130 CIS Application Support Center (ASC) locations.

A $407 million, five-year contract was awarded to Amentum in September. Part of the contract is to automate biometric and …

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