The “swab in – profile out” process consists of automated extraction, amplification, separation, detection and allele calling without human intervention.
As of March 18[3] 2016 one Rapid DNA instrument was approved by the FBI for submission of samples to NDIS/CODIS without manual review: the DNAScan manufactured by NetBio in Waltham, MA.
In January 2014, after a year of testing and validation, the Palm Bay Police began generating leads on real-world criminal cases, including producing a DNA profile in 90 minutes that linked a suspect to a burglary of a U.S. soldier's home that occurred while he was in Afghanistan.
The Palm Bay Police department is known for applying various innovation technologies in real-life situations and is the pioneer of the use of private lab services to create an effective DNA database.
The program's intention is to expose "family unit fraud," the idea that asylum seeking adults and children traveling together are illicitly posing as biologically related.
[7] Rapid DNA systems have been developed in part with funding from the US Department of Defense and related intelligence agencies for their applicability for field forward operations.