ThingMagic Partners with Ford Motor Company and DEWALT to Provide First RFID Enabled Trucks
The high-performance Mercury5e-based embedded RFID system enables wireless asset tracking of costly and critical construction tools and materials. [more]

U.S. Department of Defense Extends Savi’s RFID II Contract a Year and Increases Spending Ceiling by $60 Million
The U.S. Department of Defense has extended the time and increased the value of its RFID II contract with Savi, a Lockheed Martin company. The contract has been extended to Jan. 31, 2009, and its ceiling increased by about $60 million to $483 million for the company’s active RFID products and services. [more]

RSI ID Technologies Expands Available RFID Baggage Application-Specific Antenna Designs
A new design offers additional options for integrators, VARs, and converters focusing on baggage tracking. [more]

Atlantic Zeiser Debuts PERSOLINE Full Color Personalization Platform for Premium Cards
PERSOLINE is a flexible solution for providing full color card personalization for applications such as government ID cards, access cards, driving licenses or healthcare cards. It will be upgradeable to a fully modular Smart Card Personalization System for virtually any chip card application. [more]

Wavetrend Introduces GlobalEyes, a Revolutionary Fully Integrated Global Tracking Solution
GlobalEyes uses multiple modes of two-way communication — including active RFID, GPRS, SATCOM GPS, GSM, and ZigBee wireless mesh networks — combined with a web-based information management bureau that offers remote and real-time visibility in critical applications. GlobalEyes offers a completely mobile reader infrastructure and therefore does not require the use of a fixed reader. [more]

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