RFID Policy DOD Materiel

RFID Policy DOD Materiel: Logistics and Materiel Readiness, Home page

... "The new policy addresses two general types of RFID tags: (1) active, which contains an internal power source, enabling the tag to hold more data and has a longer read range and (2) passive, which does not contain any power source, holds a minimum of data and has a shorter read range. " ...