Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

U.S. Marine Corp base successfully trials biometrics and contactless for access control

Tuesday, August 24, 2004 in Library

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor The biometric-enabled contactless card is getting another boost from the successful trial at the Quantico Marine Corps base, where a system merging the new with the old has been underway since last year. SPAWAR (Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Charleston, VA) is the technical support agency for the Marine Corps. The group wanted to test a system that would work with legacy readers and cards (mag stripe with PIN number), while providing physical access control via a new contactless card loaded with the cardholder’s fingerprint, said SPAWAR’s project engineer, Larry Barfield.

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