August 28, 2005
Australian Troops Bank on the US for RFID Solutions
US based RFID solutions provider, Savi Technology, is to supply the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with battery-powered RFID tags. With a view of improving supply chain visibility, the Australian troops in Iraq will use RFID tags starting February next year. In addition to the RFID tags, the ADF is also putting to use ‘contact memory buttons’. The buttons are capable of storing as much as 8MB of data. This could prove useful as the buttons could hold information on how to repair the object which accompanies it. The tags will store identification and license data, and can transmit to a reader hundred meters away. The Iraq project accompanies the wider In-Transit Visibility project, which will integrate RFID with ADF's transport, distribution and inventory management systems. Silicon.com reports:
In order to improve visibility of supplies in the network, pallets and containers in Iraq would be RFID-tagged from February, Brigadier David McGahey, its director general of material information systems, told ZDNet Australia.
Read more: RFID to track military supplies in Iraq
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