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A facial recognition system installed by Raytheon Co., Lexington, Mass., powered by the FaceIt Argus System from Visionics Corp., Jersey City, N.J., has achieved a high rate of successful matches in field tests carried out at Boston's Logan International Airport.

The system was deployed in a real-life setting at a security checkpoint where subjects were matched against a watch list. "Based on the test results, Raytheon will be able to recommend approaches to using biometric tools to provide higher levels of security at U.S. and international airports," says Ramsey Billups, Raytheon technical director of biometrics and secure ID systems.

Says Sam Sleiman, Massport's deputy director of aviation design and construction: "We have made our airport available to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) as a proving ground for new technologies that can counter the new threats we are facing. This program has the potential to be an important part of an overall security program."

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