Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

Xerafy certifies Sky-ID tag compliant for the aviation industry

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Xerafy has certified the Sky-ID high memory, ultra-high frequency RFID tag to be SAE AS5678 compliant for meeting the industry regulatory approvals of RFID use for airborne aircraft parts, such as the Airbus A350 XWB RFID initiative.

The new Sky-ID tag passed independent laboratory tests to withstand specific variations in temperature, air pressure, vibration, shock and other environmental factors required by SAE AS5678.


The Sky-ID tag comes with 4K bytes and 8K bytes in memory size to help aviation companies build a view of its supply chain for the flyable operations, include visibility maintenance history across organizations, reduced occurrence of “no fault found” conditions and improved configuration management and line maintenance.

Additionally, Xerafy have been qualified by Tego to work well with software and readers to store manufacturer data and maintenance history information according to the ATA Spec2000 standard for flyable parts. [end] 

GD Burti, the Brazilian subsidiary of Giesecke & Devrient, has met the security requirements to issue Brazilian eID cards.

The high-security Registry of Civil Identity cards have been granted certification by Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia da Informação, Brazil’s IT authority. GD Burti has delivered more than one million cards as part of an initial pilot project. RIC cards store biometric data and will make it easier for Brazilian nationals to visit other Mercosur treaty states.

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UPM RFID introduced two inlays featuring the NXP UCODE G2iL chip: the UPM Stamp near field ultra-high frequency inlay and UPM Jewel ultra-high frequency inlay.

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Xerafy announced the debut of Metal Skin, an ultra-high frequency EPC RFID inlay designed specifically for tracking metallic assets.

Metal Skin is a low profile inlay family containing the Impinj Monza 4QT chip. It is lightweight and flexible to fit curved surfaces such as the contour of metal cylinders and drums, without compromising performance.

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WaveMark, provider of RFID-based supply chain solutions for hospitals and medical device manufacturers, and University of Massachusetts Lowell announced a collaborative effort to bring a new RFID product to market.

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