Savi RFID Network Upgrades to Track NATO Defense Consignments

December 13, 2005

The NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A) awarded Savi Technology a contract to upgrade and sustain operational support of the radio frequency identification (RFID)-based network Savi built last year to track multi-national defense consignments between Europe and Afghanistan.

The upgrades include installation of the Savi SmartChain Consignment Management Solution (CMS), which will enable NATO to maintain nearly real-time supply chain management and visibility capabilities, and will provide a way for member nations to share information on both national and joint multi-national consignments. Savi's RFID-based network meets NATO's standardization agreement (STANAG 2184) for "best commercial practice" requirements for asset and consignment tracking.

The new NATO contract calls for purchase of additional RFID tags and readers as well as network-wide software enhancements to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) supply chain, stretching from the Netherlands and Germany through Uzbekistan to Kabul in Afghanistan.

The contract also calls for additional units of Savi's readers (Savi Reader SR-650) at transportation nodes along the ISAF Network, more Savi tags (ST-654) to be affixed to containers and air pallets and for a network-wide software upgrade to CMS 1.0, which will be hosted at NC3A's facility in The Hague, Netherlands, where CMS will interface with the NATO LOGFAS Logistics IT system.

CMS 1.0 is designed to keep track of consignments tagged with automatic identification and data collection (AIDC) devices for allied military organizations. AIDC devices can range from sensors and barcodes to passive and active RFID tags as well as global positioning systems.

Source: Savi Technology.