DoD approves nine reader vendors
Readers must be able to scan 100 tags per second
By Dennis Sullivan
The pool of vendors doing business with the military just got larger with some of the biggest names in the RFID industry trying to capture a share of the estimated $200 million government contracting market.
Last month, nine companies won approval from the U.S. Army Contracting Agency and were awarded Blanket Purchase Agreements to sell to the military RFID Class 0 and Class 1 fixed and transportable readers that can also be upgraded to comply with the Gen 2 standards. It’s the second of five groups of RFID sales awards. The first awards group only won approval to sell 96-bit Class 1 passive tags. The three other awards groups, which have not been announced yet, include sales of 96-bit Class 1 printers, engineering services and Class 0 and Class hand-held readers. The other group announcements are expected soon.
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