U.S. ARMY EQUIPS ITSELF WITH SCM MICROSYSTEMS' SMART CARD READERS FOR SECURE ID.

Federal Computer Market Report, November, 2001

SCM Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCMM; Neuer Markt: SMY), a provider of solutions that open the Digital World, and Logicon, a Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) company, recently announced they are working together to supply smart card readers to the U.S. Army. To date, 50,000 SCM readers have been delivered as part of the initial deployment.

Under the Department of Defense's (DoD) new Common Access Card (CAC) program, Logicon is providing SCM's reader technology to the U.S. Army as part of its complete smart card solution for secure authentication. Based on the CAC specifications, the U.S. Army will use smart cards as a single badge for multiple security measures such as physical identification, building access and network access. Over four million active duty...

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