The U.S. Department of Defense has issued a request for information to vendors able to provide 433.92 MHz RFID equipment compliant with the ISO 18000-7 standard.
The Department of Defense is expanding its RFID requirements and infrastructure while it takes steps toward transitioning its requirements to support the EPC UHF Gen 2 standard.
ODIN is tasked with outfitting all the military's Defense Distribution Centers with RFID hardware to collect data from RFID-tagged military consignments.
Alan Estevez, assistant deputy undersecretary of supply chain integration, describes some quantifiable savings RFID has brought the Department of Defense.
The Department of Defense has granted Blanket Purchase Agreements allowing its branches to contract RFID technical engineering services from a number of firms.