The U.S. government is helping prisons pay for the installation of iris scanning systems intended to hinder escape attempts such as the recent escape by a Baltimore inmate who simply talked his way out, according to a Security Info Watch article.

EssenRFID will supply RFID tags to Mumbai construction workers hired by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai to replace two major pipelines responsible for supplying water to the Mumbai population.

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), an engineering and technology development firm, has been awarded a $37 million contract for engineering support and work on the U.S. Army’s Biometrics Automated Toolset – Army (BAT-A) system.

Sirit and the Defense Logistics Agency, the U.S. Department of Defense’s combat logistics support agency, have signed a one year contract for Sirit RFID technology to track and manage the international transport of materials.