The Defense Biometric Identification System, better known as DBIDS, has been in effect at NAS Patuxent River since 2017, and has proven itself to be effective at managing personnel and installation ...

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- Fort Sam Houston is currently installing the Defense Biometrics Identification System or DBIDS at all gates. An enhanced identity authentication and force protection system, ...

To improve management and force protection at Navy installations, the Navy is transitioning from using the Navy Commercial Access Control System (NCACS) to the Defense Biometric Identification System ...

Today, surplus U.S. military planes are stored in the largest airplane boneyard in the world, operated by the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group AMARG at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base ...

Joint Base Andrews-Naval Air Facility Washington (JBA) will soon join many DoD installations throughout the world utilizing the Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) as a force protection ...

FORT JACKSON, S.C. (Sept. 11, 2014) -- A new security measure will be going into place next week at Fort Jackson's gates. While installation security has been testing the program for several weeks, ...

Misawa Air Base in northern Japan is about to join other U.S. military installations in the Pacific that have adopted the Defense Biometric Identification System, or DBIDS. The computer-based security ...

at Maxwell-Gunter is up and running, and so far, base officials are pleased with the turnout at registering stations. The new system to identify the 50,000 patrons requiring base access was rolled out ...

Four years after a scathing federal report found that a child molester and other convicted criminals gained unfettered access to Navy bases through a popular background vetting service, officials have ...

Starting on Monday, September 1, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River will implement the REAL ID Act as the main credential for unaffiliated personnel seeking access ...

The journey of DBIDS began in 2014 when the UAB Informatics Institute was established by the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees. Fast forward to 2023, and the institute’s expansion and ...