RFIDNews | CDO Technologies partners with Department of Defense

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Systems integrator CDO Technologies will deliver passive RFID hardware, software and professional services to the Department of Defense, U.S. Coast Guard, North Atlantic Treaty Organization and other federal agencies–a contract with a potential value of $75.5 million.

Under the contract terms, CDO can be awarded task orders from the Army, Defense Logistics Agency and others to integrate RFID infrastructure with their supply chain, including bar code and RFID readers, printers and tags from partnering companies.

CDO will partner with GlobeRanger Corporation, Sirit Corporation, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, HCI Integrated Solutions, Inc., Bartec Corporation, Avery Dennison-Paxar and XIO Strategies.

One of the leaders in the march to RFID implementation, the DOD and Marines moved toward limiting the use of active tags to identify container loads, choosing to work with less expensive passive tags. The advantage of a passive RFID tag is that it is disposed of at the end of its shipping cycle, saving the expense of tag recovery and repair. Passive RFID consists of an antenna only, without a chip or power source, and acts as a license plate as much as bar codes do, costing less than 5 cents per item.

ORC is PIV-I certified for credential issuance

Operational Research Consultants Inc. (ORC), a subsidiary of WidePoint Corp., has been authorized to issue PIV-I as a certified non-federal issuer.

As a non-federal issuer, ORCs identity credentials, issued to government contractors, state and local governments, first responders and health care providers, have additional interoperability for customers who wish to conduct e-government and e-commerce transactions with other entities across the Federal Bridge.

MorphoTrust USA launched as U.S.-dedicated company

A new Morpho company under the Safran group has been launched called MorphoTrust USA.

The new company, which was formed after the acquisition of three divisions and the headquarters of former biometrics developer L-1 Identity Solutions, will serve as an identity solutions provider dedicated to the U.S. market only.

Malware attacks smart cards

A variant of malware called Sykipot is circulating that purportedly enables it to hijack U.S. Defense Department Common Access Cards and Windows smart cards, according to Alien Vault Labs. This variant, which appears to have been put together in March 2011, has been seen in dozens of attack samples from the past year.

Dutch Ministry of Defense opts for Identive security

The Dutch Ministry of Defense (MoD) has chosen Identive’s SmartFold smart card readers to provide secure remote network access for its employees.

The agency has a lot of restricted and sensitive data that has particular management requirements. The MoD felt that the Identive contact smart card reader would provide the desired level of security, yet be flexible enough to incorporate into the existing network security infrastructure.

IC-TAG receives certification from Alien Technology

IC-TAG Solutions announced it has earned certification from Alien Technology to use its EPC Gen 2 RFID inlays.

IC TAG utilizes Alien Technology’s EPC Gen 2 Squiggle, Squiglette, and Square inlays in their IC-TAG RFID labels and tags. Alien uses its own proprietary microchip, Higgs 3, to produce its ultra-high frequency RFID tracking devices.

DARPA working towards new internal biometric authentication systems

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking for proposals for research projects that could yield new biometric systems that authenticate users based on their own unique movements or behaviors such as the way they type or move a mouse, according to a ZDNet article.

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CDO Technologies partners with Department of Defense