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HERNDON, VA., September 17th, 2010 — Facial-recognition experts will soon be able to make two-dimensional, partial images of suspects pop from computer screens with three-dimensional technology. Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Animetrics were recently awarded a research and development contract by the U.S. Government to improve the accuracy of facial recognition.

Currently, many pictures taken by security cameras are only partial or side-views of the subject’s face, making it difficult to identify suspects. The new technology will allow experts to use 3-D modeling to recreate the subject’s entire face, which experts will then compare to existing mug shots or file photos of the suspect.

“Lockheed Martin’s experience in facial recognition software already deployed in today’s field, together with Animetrics’ 3-D modeling will greatly assist in our customer’s ability to solve facial identity cases,” said Bob Eastman, vice president, Information Systems for Lockheed Martin.

The contract calls for a facial image comparison tool to be used by human operators as they narrow down the results delivered by automated facial-recognition tools. The objective of this program is to develop a software product that may be validated for use in case work.

“This is an important step in advancing biometric and facial-recognition technology,” said Eastman. “In the future, we hope to develop technologies that will not only model existing pictures in 3-D, but also collect images in 3-D.”

Headquartered in Conway, N.H., Animetrics is a leading developer of cloud-based web service facial search and retrieval applications using its 2-D to 3-D patented technology. Animetrics is driving market acceptance of facial recognition biometrics in government, homeland security, law enforcement, and consumer releases of its FaceR™ line, mobile platforms as well.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 136,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation’s 2009 sales from continuing operations were $44.5 billion.

Media Contact: Liz Morse, (703) 466-2262; elizabeth.morse@lmco.com

HERNDON, VA., September 17th, 2010 — Facial-recognition experts will soon be able to make two-dimensional, partial images of suspects pop from computer screens with three-dimensional technology. Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Animetrics were recently awarded a research and development contract by the U.S. Government to improve the accuracy of facial recognition.

Currently, many pictures taken by security cameras are only partial or side-views of the subject’s face, making it difficult to identify suspects. The new technology will allow experts to use 3-D modeling to recreate the subject’s entire face, which experts will then compare to existing mug shots or file photos of the suspect.

“Lockheed Martin’s experience in facial recognition software already deployed in today’s field, together with Animetrics’ 3-D modeling will greatly assist in our customer’s ability to solve facial identity cases,” said Bob Eastman, vice president, Information Systems for Lockheed Martin.

The contract calls for a facial image comparison tool to be used by human operators as they narrow down the results delivered by automated facial-recognition tools. The objective of this program is to develop a software product that may be validated for use in case work.

“This is an important step in advancing biometric and facial-recognition technology,” said Eastman. “In the future, we hope to develop technologies that will not only model existing pictures in 3-D, but also collect images in 3-D.”

Headquartered in Conway, N.H., Animetrics is a leading developer of cloud-based web service facial search and retrieval applications using its 2-D to 3-D patented technology. Animetrics is driving market acceptance of facial recognition biometrics in government, homeland security, law enforcement, and consumer releases of its FaceR™ line, mobile platforms as well.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 136,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation’s 2009 sales from continuing operations were $44.5 billion.

Media Contact: Liz Morse, (703) 466-2262; elizabeth.morse@lmco.com

“As mobile devices become the favored way for communicating, social networking, financial transactions and accessing new media content, the need for enhanced logon and transaction security is greater than ever”, said Joel Breen, Vice President of Animetrics. FaceR CredentialME provides Sprint business customers the tools to secure their mobile systems via a wireless connection to a cloud-based security solution built to thwart efforts of hackers and identity thieves. FaceR CredentialME is based on Animetrics patented 2D-3D FACEngine® Facial Recognition technology. It enables a handset to use Facial Recognition as a primary or second-factor authentication when accessing resident or online services, such as enterprise email, corporate networks and mobile banking. “The FaceR CredentialME application adds an additional layer of security to standard username and password authentication by requiring the user to authenticate leveraging a very unique factor; their face,” said Paul Troisi, President of Troy Security Solutions. The FaceR CredentialME application supports multiple mobile operating systems, including iPhone, Blackberry RIM, Windows Mobile, and Android. Animetrics is announcing the release of their technology through Sprint’s networks. The FaceR CredentialME release also means that developers can now use the Animetrics90 Mobile software developer kit (SDK) to embed strong authentication into mobile applications such as email, financial data, mobile banking and mobile payments.

BI2 Technologies Awarded Contract To Implement Statewide Facial Recognition System to Identify Inmates, Suspects and Gang Members

Plymouth, MA - June 1, 2010 - Biometric Intelligence & Identification Technologies (BI2 Technologies) of Plymouth, Massachusetts announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association (MSA) to provide a new facial recognition system for all fourteen (14) County Sheriff’s Departments and up to twenty-eight (28) individual police departments across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

BI2 Technologies will be implementing the biometric industry’s leading provider of facial recognition technologies, Animetrics, Inc., of Conway, New Hampshire. Animetrics, Inc. is the de facto world leader in 2D-3D face technologies with patented 2D-3D face recognition technologies. Animetrics’ vision is highly accurate identification of natural and uncontrolled face images acquired from all camera forms.

Sean G. Mullin, president and CEO of BI2 Technologies said, “The Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association is setting the standard for the nation by implementing facial recognition throughout the state by ensuring that the technology is being made available to local police departments as well as county Sheriffs. Effectively sharing biometric identification capabilities statewide is the kind of cooperative effort that all law enforcement needs.”

James F. Walsh, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association said, “This project represents the expansion of the vision of the Essex County Sheriff’s Department. These systems will improve not only our Sheriffs’ capabilities, but all law enforcement in the Commonwealth, to use and share data and facial recognition biometric technology to better protect the citizens of Massachusetts.”

Paul Schuepp, president of Animetrics said, “With our unique technologies and proven performance within the U.S. Department of Defense, Animetrics has created the next generation face identification capability using complete and natural information of the face in a three dimensional view. Animetrics’ matching algorithms use 2D and 3D face biometric templates that are unsurpassed in the world and address precisely the issues faced in the intensely challenging environmental conditions in which the Commonwealth’s Sheriffs, police departments, jails and houses of corrections operate.”

Sean G. Mullin continued, “As the nation’s leading provider of iris biometric technology to state and local law enforcement, this award and first of-its-kind project in the nation represents the next step in the enhancement in our suite of multi-modal public safety biometric solutions. We believe the ability to harness and combine the strength of each biometric ensures that law enforcement has the accurate and timely information they need to better protect the public.”

BI2 Technologies’ iris biometric technologies are already being used by state and local law enforcement agencies in forty-seven states.

Mullin continued, “We expect to have the new facial recognition system implemented across the Commonwealth by the fall of 2010. In the near term, we will begin implementing the first systems over the next two weeks. Once the facial recognition system implementation begins, we will make MORIS™ (Mobile Offender Recognition and Identification System) available to the participating agencies. MORIS^TM combines iris, facial and fingerprint biometric capabilities on Apple’s exceptional iPhone platform.”

Mullin concluded, “Adding Animetric’s robust facial recognition technology to many of the agencies’ existing iris and fingerprint biometric capabilities means that law enforcement will finally have the capabilities that, until now, has been the stuff of science fiction novels, futuristic movies and entertaining but unrealistic prime-time crime shows. The Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association is about to change all that.”

“The launch of FaceR™  Celebrity is a great milestone for Animetrics, Inc,” said Paul Schuepp, CEO of Animetrics. “We are very pleased that our customers will be able to experience the power and value of the Animetrics 2D-3D facial biometrics technologies in such an entertaining and unique application. The FaceR™  series of products  demonstrates Animetrics’ commitment to bringing next generation facial search technologies to the consumer marketplace.”

“FaceR Celebrity is an addictively entertaining application, that is also wonderful showcase for the Animetrics technology and platform” said Nate Tennant CEO of Kirk Communications, a Marketing and Social Media Agency based in Portsmouth, NH. “I am excited to see what Animetrics has in store for the future!”

Animetrics, Inc has been a leader in  facial recognition biometric technologies since 2003 It is known for its 2D-3D patented face creation and face recognition technologies. The company is in the process of testing and delivering two additional consumer facing products in the next quarter, including its MobileID line of products for government and law enforcement use and its credentialing services for mediation of privilege and use based on the facial biometric. Currently the Animetrics facial recognition architecture supports both iPhone and Windows Mobile platforms.

FaceR™  Series:FaceR™  is a family of facial identification applications running on mobile devices that leverage the iPhone’s unique capabilities and innovative user interface. FaceR™  on the iPhone is a native iPhone application using standard internet protocols to send facial imagery to the Animetrics Face Identity Management Web-Sevice (FIMS)  for face biometric processing. FaceR™ has two primary functions: 1) as an interface to a biometrics identification systems for use by security, including law enforcement, military and private security; and 2) as an entertaining “biometric game” assessing a person’s similarity to popular celebrities and famous people.

About Animetrics, Inc.

Headquartered in Conway, N.H., Animetrics is a leading developer of cloud-based web service facial search and retrieval applications. The Animetrics90 and Animetrics180 product family is the first come-to-market 2D-3D enabled full 90 degree and 180 degree facial search engine. Based on three patents, the 2D-3D FACEngine™ technology allows for pose and lighting invariant facial search across a broad range of operating conditions. Animetrics is driving market acceptance of facial recognition biometrics in government, homeland security, law enforcement, and now with its recent consumer release of its FaceR™ line, mobile platforms as well, including iPhone and Windows Mobile devices. For more information visit http://www.animetrics.com

We are bringing the power  of our next generation facial recognition platform to our Consumer applications, and FaceR Celebrity is just the start.

Fingers crossed for a swift approval process!

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