DOD RFID Implementation ...

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... "Northrop Grumman is working closely with DoD, as well as monitoring Wal-Mart's and related industry efforts, to determine the correct application of RFID technology. Today, Northrop Grumman is integrating RFID into the Military Shipping Label (MSL) as part of one of DoD's initial RFID implementation projects. The capabilities and limitations of passive RFID are being analyzed in DoD's operational transportation processes. " ...

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has developed a new technology to help companies achieve radio frequency identification (RFID)-compliance to meet customer needs. The Illuminos™ software development toolkit allows the user's RFID solution to interact with the numerous RFID hardware vendors' readers and printers. Northrop Grumman Information Technology, headquartered in Herndon, Va., is a trusted IT leader and premier provider of advanced IT solutions, engineering and business services for government and commercial clients. The company's technological leadership spans such areas as homeland security solutions, secure wireless, cyber and physical assurance, IT and network infrastructure, managed services, knowledge management, modeling and simulation, and geospatial intelligence solutions. Northrop Grumman has been a major systems integrator of automatic identification technology, including RFID solutions, for nearly 20 years.