After 15 years, Semaphore DB that flags up persons of interest goes into extra (Brexit) time
The Home Office has inked a £45m 33-month contract extension with IBM for its creaking Semaphore border technology contract.
The Semaphore database, which has been running since 2004, collects data from airline carriers about persons of interest and those who are on watch lists before they arrive at the border.
It was created ahead of the troubled e-borders contract with Raytheon, which was cancelled in 2010. In the process the Home Office had to settle the dispute relating to the cancellation of the £750m contract: paying £150m to the supplier Raytheon and £35m on legal fees.
However, the latest extension suggests its successors, the Border Systems Prog ..
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