The Department of Defense has exercised a multi-million dollar contract option with defense logistics company Savi Systems to help improve visibility on the whereabouts of nearly 24,000 high-value military assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With massive volumes of material on the move \u2013 arms and munitions, supplies, vehicles \u2013 keeping track of it all presents a significant challenge for the DoD. To meet this challenge, the Defense Systems Logistics Agency made Savi their sole contractor for their radio-frequency identification (RFID) contract in 2014. Savi announced Oct. 30 the Pentagon would exercise its second and final option year on the RFID contract, which has a ceiling of $102 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The contract aims to give government agencies and allied partners with \u201cstate-of-the-art hardware, software and integration services for worldwide asset tracking and in-transit visibility,\u201d according to a statement from the company. The goal is to provide RFID equipment that can keep pace with today\u2019s highly agile expeditionary fighting style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Savi will partner with ORBCOMM, a global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. ORBCOMM will provide high-performance cellular devices – or tags – to be used alongside Savi\u2019s real-time asset visibility and analytics software. Together, the two companies hope to deliver \u201ca quick return on investment for our government customers through a significant reduction in labor associated with the management of these high-value assets,\u201d Marc Eisenberg, chief executive officer of ORBCOMM, said in a press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new ORBCOMM devices will take advantage of widely available cellular signals as a new means to capture and communicate RFID information, expanding the military\u2019s reach without requiring extensive additional overhead that the currently employed systems rely on to function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new tags are also equipped with waterproof solar panels, providing continuous power to rechargeable batteries and meet the DLA;s distribution requirement of a five-year power supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSavi is excited to continue our successful partnership with ORBCOMM to fulfill this multi-million-dollar order for the DLA,\u201d Rosemary Johnston, Savi Technology\u2019s senior vice president of operations said in a statement. \u201cWe are proud to continue supporting their complex asset tracking needs now and into the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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