DOD RFID ...

From CHIPS - The Department of the Navy Information Technology Magazine ...

... "DoD Specifications for RFID Tags: The specification for EPC tags is relevant, since under the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Rule titled 'Unique Item Identification and Valuation' published in December 2003, the government's tag requirement can be satisfied with the commercially adopted EPC standard. The rules further state that DoD unique item identification, or a DoD recognized unique item equivalent, is required for defined acquisitions. Important to note, the rule also stipulates that any commercial identifier can be considered by the DoD for use as a DoD unique identification (UID) equivalent if it meets all of the following criteria:

- Contain an enterprise identifier
- Uniquely identify an individual item within an enterprise identifier, product or part number, and
- Have an existing Data Identifier (DI) or Application Identifier (AI) listed in American National Standard (ANS) MH10.8.2, Data Identifier and Application Identifier Standard." ...

Oct. 2, 2003, DoD issued a policy memorandum directing the immediate use of high-data capacity, active RFID technology that will affect all companies supplying goods to the DoD.