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ICE Awards $25M Iris-Scanning Contract to Bi2 Technologies
May 23, 2026
ICE awarded Bi2 Technologies a $25.1M no-bid iris-scanning contract on May 22, five times larger than their prior $5M deal eight months ago, with deployment to agents targeted by late June. The rapid scale-up signals accelerating biometric identity infrastructure at the border. Relevant to AI/biometrics engineers building or selling identity systems to government.