It is yet another achievement of RFID. The Australian Defense Force (ADF) has embraced RFID technology to track the supplies it delivers to the Middle East countries and also in its own country.
According to media reports, the ADF has shipped its first active RFID-tagged cargo from Sydney’s Mascot Airport on airplanes destined for Iraq and Afghanistan. These supplies will be automatically tracked by interoperable RFID networks built for coalition forces including USA, UK and NATO.
Lockheed Martin-owned Savi Technology will develop the networks and provide RFID supports for the implementation and execution of Track and Trace System that uses RFID tags to track supplies delivered by ADF. Savi also provides its RFID solutions to the coalition forces.
Based on ISO 18000- 7 standards, the Savi RFID technologies are widely used for the interoperability of RFID-tagged consignments pass through diverse networks.
ADF hopes this system will provide real-time information about the consignments until they reach their destinations.
