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International RFID Congress on tap for Sept. 14-15 in Toulouse

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Toulouse in September? Fall is a beautiful time to visit France. Throw in the International RFID Congress being held Sept. 14-15 and what’s not to like? The Congress is billing this event as the first event focused on RFID applications in the aeronautical, shipping, railway and automotive industries.

The event will include keynote speeches by decision makers and world leaders in the aeronautical, automotive, railway and shipping industries; business meetings and demos from providers of innovative RFID solutions; and a unique opportunity to meet and mingle with international experts and ISO officials, and to find out the latest news on ongoing work. The event will also feature a tour of the Airbus Industrial Showroom & Innovation Centre, which will demonstrate the use of Auto-ID technologies in the aeronautical industry.

The following specific topics will be discussed for each vertical:

Aeronautics

  • In-service parts monitoring and maintenance with reliable, hard-wearing tags specially designed for harsh environments
  • Development of human and material solutions that can be adapted for either in-house or outsourced maintenance operations

Automotive

  • Vehicle fleet management
  • Optimisation of assembly line flows
  • Prevention of parts counterfeiting
  • Assembly line automation

Railways

  • Automatic wagon scanning for stock-taking purposes
  • Ensuring safe management of train journeys through sensing controls
  • Maintenance of sensitive part

Shipping

  • Securing containers
  • Assistance for transferring responsibilities in maintenance operations

Lockheed realigns Savi division

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Interesting news out of Lockheed Martin today. The firm initiated several actions designed to reshape its portfolio and strengthen its performance over the long term, including realigning its Readiness & Stability Operations (RSO) and Savi Technology with Lockheed’s Simulation, Training and Support (STS) unit under Electronic Systems. The new line of business will be named Global Training and Logistics, a closer fit for the breadth of its products and services and the international scope of its business.

Read the full press release here.

RFID’s role in the U.S. pullout of Iraq

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Great story here from the Digital Video & Imagery Distribution System on the role that RFID technology is playing as the U.S. begins to withdraw equipment from Iraq in preparation for this summer’s withdrawal of U.S troops. Read the story here