De La Rue will produce UK biometric Passports
by Alan HartenDe La Rue PLC’s Identity Systems division stated publicly that it is the selected bidder to work with the UK Passport for the Identity and Passport Service (IPS). The deal is approximately valued at upwards of £400 million. IPS conducted an international tender process and the deal involves switching to a biometric passport, which is why the contract will be valid for the next ten years. The new passport will contain fingerprint ...