The US National Guard has bought a radio frequency identification (RFID) system from supplier Savi Technology so that it can track supplies both in its armouries and in the field.
Rolls-Royce's defence aerospace business is beginning a radio frequency identification (RFID) trial to help it comply with the decision by the US Department of Defense to use the radio tagging technology throughout its supply chain.
BT has finished a project to trial RFID tagging in the construction industry. The system, believed to be the first of its type, uses RFID to monitor the condition and location of construction assets in transit around sites.
Marks & Spencer is using radio frequency identification tags on almost two-thirds of the pallets used in its food business, making it the largest RFID user in the UK.
Sun Microsystems raised sales 17% in the last quarter but still returned a $223m (£131m) loss. This is compared to a slender $4m net profit in the same quarter a year ago.
The world market in radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for retail generated revenues of more than $400m (£2,265m) last year and are expected to increase to more than 10 times that figure by 2011, new research has revealed.