ODIN Technologies has been selected as the prime contractor for a $75 million U.S. military contract. The Passive Radio Frequency Identification (pRFID) contract was awarded by the US Army’s Product Manager Joint-Automatic Identification Technology Office for total AIT and RFID. Under the terms of the contract, ODIN will work with its partners SRA, Unisys, KTS […]

As part of a wider effort to measure and improve the quality of postal services throughout the Middle East, Qatar Post recently completed a trial of several RFID systems. The tests, which were conducted in cooperation with the postal operations of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, could pave the way for the use […]

Connecticut-based Queralt LLC has introduced Q.Trak, a complete time and attendance solution using active RFID tags. The solution automatically tracks people as they move between locations, meetings and entry points, enabling companies to segregate staff by authorization levels and make scheduling and logistics decisions based on data from the system. As a real world example […]

The government of Sri Lanka has announced plans for a program to issue electronic identification cards to around 250,000 fishermen working the oceans surrounding the island nation. The ID cards will incorporate RFID technology, enabling the Sri Lankan navy to locate fisherman at sea. In addition to the tracking capabilities created by the new ID […]

Systems integrator CDO Technologies will deliver passive RFID hardware, software and professional services to the Department of Defense, U.S. Coast Guard, North Atlantic Treaty Organization and other federal agencies–a contract with a potential value of $75.5 million. Under the contract terms, CDO can be awarded task orders from the Army, Defense Logistics Agency and others […]

Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. announced that Staples Business Depot will install additional stores with AbsoluteSKY’s intelliTRACKER inventory tracking system. The announcement comes on the heels of the results from an initial five-store pilot of the system. During the pilot, the intelliTRACKER system proved more accurate than physical counts, and shrinkage for the tagged inventory was […]

Zebra Technologies Corp. announced that Vail Resorts selected Zebra’s new P330i UHF RFID card printer/encoders and custom-designed UHF cards to create RFID-enabled identification cards for use with Vail Resorts’ “easy scan” system. The new system is designed to provide instant authentication of lift pass holders at the company’s ski resorts of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge […]