US Military Seeks Non-Cooperative Biometric Tracking Technology

An anonymous reader writes "Interesting article on the upcoming efforts of the Department of Defense biometric capabilities and the ability to non-cooperatively tag, track, and locate individuals from a variety of military UAV platforms. Quoting Wired: "[The] Army just handed out a half-dozen contracts to firms to find faces from above, track targets, and even spot 'adversarial intent.' 'If this works out, we'll have the ability to track people persistently across wide areas', says Dr. Tim Faltemier, the lead biometrics researcher at Progeny Systems Corporation, which recently won one of the Army contracts. 'A guy can go under a bridge or inside a house. But when he comes out, we'll know it was the same guy that went in.'"

Comments

Wow, really?

[Fallen Kell]

'A guy can go under a bridge or inside a house. But when he comes out, we'll know it was the same guy that went in.'

I guess until they all just wear mask... Got to love multi-billion dollar systems that get defeated by a $3 piece of clothing.

Trust us

[sl4shd0rk]

It's for military combat only. We'd never use it on our own people*

* unless those people are assembled in mass numbers representing a potential for threatening movement or when regarded by law enforcement as a public safety concern or causing a public disturbance.

Re:Trust us

[durrr]

No special clause, the military will use it only for military purpose, but given that police are already begging for(and getting) UAVs of their own and the contractors that develop the tech are profit driven it will take approximately 20 minutes before you find it in use against the local populance everywhere.