Biometrics company AOptix announced on Wednesday that the Pentagon has awarded it a $3 million research contract to develop biometrics scanners for the US Department of Defense. The new device will be a hardware peripheral and software suite that turns a regular smartphone into a device that scans and transmits data at distances not possible for current scanning technology. The gadget will be able to scan faces at up to two meters away, irises from one meter, and voice from within a typical distance from a phone.”]
Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/18/soldiers-handheld-biometric-scanners/