ANTEON AWARDED SMARTCARD ISSUANCE SUPPORT CONTRACT.Anteon Corporation, a leading information technology and engineering solutions company, announced recently that it has been awarded a U.S. Air Force task order to manufacture and operate portable Common Access Card (CAC See Consumer Advisory Council. ) Issuance Trailers. The initial task order, covering the first trailer's manufacture and issuance support, is for $464,000 with follow-on options expected to reach $5 million. In November 1999, the Secretary of Defense directed that all DoD employees be issued a CAC by the end of 2002. A CAC uses SmartCard technology to support a range of e-Business and e-Commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. initiatives and is a critical element supporting information security. Anteon's Systems Integration Group conceived and developed the customized trailer In communications, a code or set of codes that make up the last part of a transmitted message. See trailer label. in response to the military service's need for a temporary, portable, efficient, self-reliant packaging of the issuance system. Since 1996, Anteon has been providing program management, engineering and technical support to the U.S. Navy Smart Card Office. In addition to mass issuance of SmartCards, Anteon is helping its customers develop innovative business processes and security applications enabled by smart cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. and the new CAC. Joseph M. Kampf, President and Chief Executive Officer of Anteon, said, "This innovative mobile issuance process is another example of Anteon personnel developing a bold solution to meet a major customer requirement. The application possibilities for SmartCard technology are endless, and Anteon is a recognized leader in delivering these possibilities. We look forward to supporting the Air Force and other DoD customers as they maximize these cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. SmartCard applications." Anteon Corporation, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia Fairfax is an independent city forming an enclave within the confines of Fairfax County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Although politically independent of the surrounding county, the City of Fairfax is nevertheless its county seatGR6. , is a leading information technology and engineering solutions company providing support to the federal government, commercial and international sectors for 25 years. With annual revenue over $700 million, the Company has more than 5,400 employees in over 80 offices worldwide and has been acknowledged as a top information technology integrator (1) In electronics, a device that combines an input with a variable, such as time, and provides an analog output; for example, a watt-hour meter. (2) See systems integrator. by a survey of federal agency customers conducted by Federal Computer Week and by numerous other independent sources. Anteon Corporation is a privately held firm owned principally by affiliates of Caxton-Iseman Capital. |
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