Boeing has just unveiled its first new jet since 1995, the 787 Dreamliner. But does it use RFID to tag some of the plane's parts, as had been planned?
The aircraft manufacturer commissioned a US company to deliver a 64-kilobit passive RFID tag so that Boeing can identify parts and track their maintenance history, but the chip is said to be a year behind schedule.
Meanwhile, Boeing's European-based competitor, Airbus has concluded a deal with system integrator Odin Technologies to use RFID in 40 sites worldwide.
Ultimately, both Boeing and Airbus will be key demonstrators in the use of RFID to track assets, particularly the parts used in aircraft - or car, train - maintenance.
Because of the need to get planes off the ground and keep to a flight schedule, there is a mutual assistance - 'You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours' - relationship between hard pressed airline maintenance crews, who willingly help each other out with the supply of parts, even though their airlines compete for passengers' business. The use of RFID tags will ultimately ascertain who's got what - and whose - part in which aircraft.
And in the same spirit of co-opetition, both major manufacturers are collaborating extensively on the standards needed for RFID technology in aerospace applications, including a common specification for the RFID tags they want to use in parts-tracking applications.
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