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News & Press Announcements
October 1, 2025 – NEC and Outsight, a global provider of Spatial AI technology, announced a strategic collaboration to deliver advanced airport operational intelligence solutions that provide real-time 3D understanding of airport environments.
September 29, 2025 – NEC announced a strategic alliance with HID, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions. This collaboration brings together NEC’s advanced SmartScan™ software and HID’s biometric capture hardware in a best-in-class solution designed to help public safety agencies and other mission-critical organizations strengthen security with reliable identity matching capabilities.
April 15, 2025 – Today, NEC Corporation (NEC) announced the appointment of Todd Morris as the new president of NEC National Security Systems (NEC NSS), effective immediately.
April 15, 2025– NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leader in advanced IT, biometrics, and analytics solutions, introduces Identity Cloud Service (ICS), a new identity verification solution to deliver streamlined, secure and cost-effective access management.
April 9, 2025 – NEC announced that its face recognition technology was ranked the world’s most accurate in the most recent benchmark test conducted by the globally recognized U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
December 16 2024– NEC announced it has achieved recertification for ISO 9001:2015 and upgraded to the ISO 27001:2022 from NQA, a globally recognized, independently accredited certification body.
March 13, 2024– NEC NSS president honored by leading advocacy group as one of 100 distinguished women who are role models, leaders, innovators and influencers in the global security industry.
December 4, 2023– Company awarded multiple ‘ASTORS’ awards for effective public safety solutions.
November 14, 2023– The new agreement offers NEC customers the opportunity to attend virtual and in-person training sessions designed to equip users with the latest knowledge and skills.
March 31, 2022– NEC Corporation of America announced the opening of its NEC National Security Solutions, Inc. (NSS) offices in Arlington, VA, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house.
January 31, 2022– In honor of National Human Trafficking Prevention Month in January, NEC has formalized its commitment as a diamond sponsor of InfraGard National Members Alliance and will support educational programs that promote awareness and prevention of the heinous crime of human trafficking.
September 29, 2021– Dr. Kathleen Kiernan will assume the office of President at NEC National Security Systems (NEC NSS) and brings three decades of federal law enforcement experience to NEC's FOCI-mitigated subsidiary.
NEC & Hawaii Department Of Transportation Complete Latest Phase Of Airport Thermal Screening Project
May 17, 2021– NEC Corporation, NEC Corporation of America and the Hawaii Department of Transportation announced the operation of Phase III of the thermal temperature screening and facial imaging project at Hawaii's five major airports that accept trans-Pacific flights.
June 15, 2021– Frequent flyer program customers of Star Alliance member airlines will soon be able to use their biometric identity across any participating airline at any participating airport following a new agreement between the world’s largest airline alliance, NEC Corporation and SITA.
July 21, 2020 – NEC Corporation and SITA announced a global partnership to develop market-leading solutions that enable a secure walk-through travel experience at airports, leveraging NEC’s I:Delight identity management platform together with SITA Smart Path and SITA Flex.
October 3, 2019 – NEC Corporation announced that its face recognition technology achieved the highest matching accuracy in the Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) 2018 performed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), with an error rate of 0.5% when registering 12 million people.
March 16, 2017– NEC Corporation announced that NEC's face recognition technology achieved the highest performance evaluation in the recent Face in Video Evaluation testing performed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).