Aerospace News

RFID Journal covers the role RFID is playing at Boeing, Airbus, commercial airlines and the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as in tracking assets and ensuring homeland security.

• RFID Gets Boots on the Ground for Air Force
• Nexess Integrates Multiple RFID Tool-Tracking Systems Into Single Offering
• ATK Tracks Composite Aircraft Parts Manufactured at Its Plant
• RFID Reduces Oxygen-Generator Waste for Delta Air Lines
• Airbus Guides EADS Divisions' RFID Adoption
• Tego Releases 8-kilobit Dual-Memory RFID Chip and Tags
• Bloomingdale's, Carrier Top Keynote Speaker Lineup at RFID Journal LIVE! 2013
• Honeywell Aerospace Tags Parts for Airbus
• MAINtag Beefs Up Its RFID Offerings, to Meet Demands in Aerospace

Aerospace Case Studies

Parker Hannifin Embeds RFID Tags in O-Rings

The solution was developed to prevent counterfeiting, but businesses also can use the technology to identify and track assets.

Tags: Chemical, Aerospace, Health Care, Supply Chain, Asset Tracking

• Lufthansa Technik Automates Supply Management
• Cessna Looks to RFID for Unlimited Visibility
• Global Logistics Company Monitors Shipments' Temperatures
• Portuguese Airline TAPs Into RFID

Aerospace Features

RFID Journal LIVE! 2013 Report, Part 2

At RFID Journal's 11th annual conference and exhibition, attendees learned how to employ radio frequency identification to track and manage a variety of assets. View the presentations from the event's main conference track and solution-provider sessions, as well as the RFID Journal Awards finalists.

Tags: Defense, Aerospace, Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Retail, IT/Infrastructure, RFID Standards, Innovation, RFID Channel

• RFID Journal LIVE! 2013 Report, Part 1
• Eliminating Waste
• RFID Journal LIVE! Europe—UK Report
• RFID Journal LIVE! Europe—Scandinavia Report

Aerospace Editor's Notes

Expectations for RFID Journal LIVE! 2013

End users committed to significant RFID projects will be common at this year's conference and exhibition.

Tags: Aerospace, IT/Infrastructure, Innovation, RFID Channel

• 2012: A Year of Progress
• The Value of End-User Case Studies
• More Industries Approach the RFID Inflection Point
• What Have We Learned About RFID?

Aerospace Expert Views

Demystifying the "Low Memory" of Aviation's Low-Memory Tags

Tego's CTO explains why most aviation applications will require at least 2 kilobits.

Tags: Aerospace, IT/Infrastructure, RFID Standards

• The Seeds of Innovation
• No Free Lunches With RFID
• Lessons From Air Safety
• Self-Service Border Control

Aerospace Best Practices

RFID and the Road to Recovery

History tells us that businesses that spend wisely on technology projects during recessions weather the economic crisis and come out on top. Here are seven RFID applications that can save you money now—and make you more competitive for years to come.

Tags: Aerospace, Innovation

• What You Need to Know About Tool Tracking

Aerospace Videos

• How Carrier Made Excellent Manufacturing Even Better With RFID, Part 1
  Carrier, a leader in high-technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions, is part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp. and a provider of technolog...
  Tags: Aerospace, LIVE 2013 Keynote, Manufacturing
• How Carrier Made Excellent Manufacturing Even Better With RFID, Part 2
  Carrier, a leader in high-technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions, is part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp. and a provider of technolog...
  Tags: Aerospace, LIVE 2013 Keynote, Manufacturing

Aerospace White Papers

• Choosing the Optimum Architecture for UWB RTLS
  Published June 2013
  Real-time locating systems (RTLS) operating in the ultra-wideband domain are becoming more common in many applications, ranging from automated student attendance verification to tool tracking for major aircraft manufacturers. UWB offers many attributes enabling it to provide new capabilities not possible with traditional RTLS technology. Zebra Technologies explains how the choice of UWB RTLS architecture can impact a user's ability to achieve a solid return on investment. (6 pages)
  Tags: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Asset Tracking
• Improving Aircraft Maintenance Management Using RFID
  Published May 2013
  Airlines have been late adopters of advanced inventory-management systems, particularly involving AIDC technologies, since aircraft maintenance management is highly industry-specific, considerably regulated and subject to many complexities not present in other industries. With the recent emergence of the U.S Federal Aviation Administration's regulatory airworthiness criteria for flyable RFID, and the recently agreed-upon interoperability data standards, there is now an opportunity for airlines to achieve short- and long-term wins. This essay, from Laminar Aerospace's Marco Andreacchio, outlines how RFID could support a paperless supply chain strategy, and details many key tangible and nontangible benefits for airlines. (7 pages)
  Tags: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Inventory / Warehouse Management