ARINC To Market Integrated Facial Recognition Security Solutions to Airports Using Visionics FaceIt Engine.

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JERSEY CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2001

ARINC Incorporated, the leader in mission-critical communications and information-processing systems for the aviation industry, and Visionics Corporation (NASDAQ: VSNX), the worldwide leader in identification technologies and systems, today announced a strategic alliance to promote and sell Visionics' FaceIt(R)-enabled products and solutions to the aviation industry and government agencies.

The alliance will permit ARINC to resell Visionics' finished products such as the FaceIt(R) ARGUS system and to integrate the enabling FaceIt(R) technology into custom solutions that require facial recognition. (FaceIt(R) ARGUS is the only commercially available real-time facial surveillance and identification system that can handle an unlimited number of camera inputs and an unlimited database size.)

Michael V. Picco, staff vice president of ARINC Airport Systems, stated, "Aviation security is a major area of focus for our systems integration efforts. We are committed to providing the best solutions to the myriad of security challenges that the airlines and airports face today. A key component of these solutions is facial recognition, and our alliance with Visionics gives us access not only to the best-of-breed biometric technology in this area, but also to a scalable platform on which to deliver it."

The alliance will focus on meeting the broad security needs of the airline industry, a market segment in which ARINC is well established. ARINC is owned by a consortium of leading airlines, aircraft makers and operators based in the United States and around the world, including United Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, FedEx, British Airways, Lufthansa, and Raytheon.

Dr. Joseph J. Atick, chairman and CEO of Visionics said, "This alliance with ARINC fits well with our overall strategy of enabling the security solutions for tomorrow's airports, airlines, and travel systems. ARINC brings to us significant domain expertise and connections in the aviation industry. Their participation with us in providing distribution and support for FaceIt(R) and FaceIt(R) ARGUS is a testament to the growing interest and demand for facial recognition technology in critical aviation applications. We are pleased to be joined by an industry leader such as ARINC in the fulfillment of our stated objective of helping to make the travel process safer and more convenient."

In a related development, Visionics Corporation stated that it has this week joined the International Air Transport Association (IATA) special interest group on simplifying passenger travel -- called SPT--of which ARINC is also a member. SPT is a worldwide, forward-looking initiative consisting of airlines, airports, government authorities, system integrators, and vendors who recognize that today's airports are not built to handle the massive throughput of travelers. SPT has outlined the vision of a future system that takes into account technological advances that can simplify passenger travel and make it more secure. As such, facial recognition is poised to play a major role, particularly since it has already been endorsed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as the most suitable biometric for air travel.

About ARINC

ARINC Incorporated develops and operates advanced communications and information technology systems for the aviation industry and provides systems engineering and integration solutions to government, defense, and industry. The company's global communication networks carry more than 60% of all airline messages around the world. ARINC is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, USA, with over 3,000 employees worldwide. Visit the ARINC website at www.arinc.com.

About Visionics Corporation

Visionics Corporation (Nasdaq:VSNX) is the worldwide leader in identification technologies and systems. The Company is uniquely positioned with a comprehensive set of biometric identification product offerings: FaceIt(R), live scan, IBIS and BNP. The award-winning core FaceIt(R) technology enables a broad range of products and applications built by partners (OEMs, VARs and system integrators). These include enhanced CCTV systems, identity fraud applications, and identity verification systems for physical and network security, travel and banking. The TENPRINTER, FingerPrinter CMS and Modular live scan systems are the most widely used by government agencies, law enforcement, airports, banks and other commercial institutions in the United States. IBIS is a revolutionary mobile identification system capable of capturing both forensic quality fingerprints and photographs for transmission and wireless transmission of data to law enforcement and other legacy databases for real-time identification. Finally, the BNP is the only commercially available platform for delivering scalable biometric solutions. It incorporates FaceIt(R) technology for implementation over large-scale networks and real-time identification. The product offerings are reflective of Visionics' leadership position in the biometric industry and commitment to the innovation of identification technologies.

More information on Visionics can be accessed via the Company web site at http://www.visionics.com or by calling Frances Zelazny, Director of Corporate Communications at [phone].

This news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected on the basis of such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For a more complete description of these and other risk factors which may affect the future performance of Visionics Corporation, see "Risk Factors" in Digital Biometrics' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended September 30, 2000 and its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2001, Form 8-K dated February 15, 2001 and the related Form 8-K/A, all of which have been filed with the SEC.

FaceIt is a registered trademark of Visionics Corporation. All rights reserved.