The Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) 2002 was an independent evaluation conducted by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Counterdrug Technology Development Program Office, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NAVSEA) in July and August of 2002.

The test methodology involved two main tests, High Computational Intensity Test (HCInt) and Medium Computation Intensity Test (MCInt), which analyzed the facial recognition performance in three large-scale, real-world application areas: verification, identification and watch list recognition performance. In every test, Identix facial recognition technology was one of the top three performers . More specifically, Identix was distinguished as the top public company technology by a wide margin.

The above charts summarize results for two of the tests as noted. For complete test results including technical appendices, see http://www.frvt.org/