Oberthur Card Systems and the US Government will jointly complete the testing program this year.
The e-passports solution aims to improve individual security protection and the flow of immigration lines. Additionally, it meets all the requirements of the Enhanced Border Security acts (s.303).
Oberthur Card Systems’ machine-readable e-passports incorporate the certified FIPS-201 Level 3 contactless chip that is compliant with new International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) specifications and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) recommendations. It is used to store biometric information and is fully compatible with 20 major radio frequency smart card readers.
