Wednesday, November 16, 2005

US Army RFID troop monitors

"The US Army is using a civilian RFID company to monitor troops for Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training. Ultra-wideband RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) sensors from Denver's Ubisense, "track soldiers engaged in a mock village comprised of a number of multi-floor, cinderblock buildings," says the RFID Journal, going on: "Platoons of soldiers engage in combat training throughout the MOUT site, running drills of various operations, such as seizing buildings. As the soldiers move into and out of structures, they wear 900 MHz radios with GPS units, used to track their outdoor movements." Source: p2pnet.net