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Air Force Keeps Tabs on Medical Equipment Wright Patterson Medical Center will launch an RFID trial aimed at proving the benefits of tracking the location of medical equipment in the Air Force-run hospital.

Washington Examines RFID for Licenses A special license could smooth traffic between the United States and Canada, but the use of RFID is not guaranteed.

EC Floats Plan to Facilitate RFID Usage Steering clear of legislative proposals, the European Commission seeks guidance from industry groups and consumers.

Smart Card and Retail Supply Chain Applications Expected to Drive RFID Growth IDTechEx predicts the sale of tags for pallets and cases will more than double in 2007, but that tag usage for high-value and store-brand items will grow much faster.

Middleware Makes RFID a SOX Compliance Tool A financial consulting firm is marketing RFID middleware designed to send tag data into Sarbanes-Oxley software, eliminating data errors and lowering compliance costs.

Ultra-Wideband RFID Tracks Nuclear Power Plant Workers Radiation measurements, combined with real-time location information, enable managers to track workers and assess safety based on radiation exposure.

U.S. Military Ramps Up Adoption of Satcom-RFID Kits Most of the nation's military branches have deployed the technology, which combines RFID and satellite communications, to track and manage supply shipments in the field.

NASA, Intermec Partner to Send RFID Into Space Plans call for testing two or three different passive UHF tags in an experiment conducted this year on the International Space Station—the first time RFID tags have been exposed to the conditions in space.

Cisco, AeroScout Team Up on RTLS; PanGo Unveils Next-Gen Tag The Cisco-AeroScout solution is designed for manufacturing companies. Both the AeroScout and PanGo tags are active Wi-Fi-based devices.

Yakka Uses RFID to Size N.Z. Military The clothing maker says passive tags help it provide correctly fitting uniforms to recruits more quickly.