Whole Network Most Recent TOP10 Market Size RFID Basics Tags and Readers

 

U.S Army Using RFID for Tracking Rounds Fired

Filed in archive Implementation by gautam on November 14, 2006

U.S Army Using RFID for Tracking Rounds Fired
Boom!Boom!Boom! The next time the American guns go blazing, RFID would be keeping a track of the rounds fired by them. For this purpose Benet Laboratories is working on an RFID system which will be tested on the M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank. Microelectromechanical sensors integrated with rfid tagslinks will be helping operators track the number of rounds fired

In the first phase of trials the focus would only be on counting the number of rounds but later on the effect on gun barrel post firing and the intensity of heat and vibration would also be measured. Certainly this will help in ensuring that the defense equipments are maintained in a proper manner. Up till now all the information used to be collected manually.

This is how the system works. Whenever a vehicle gets ready to fire, an RF signal is sent by the reader to the RFID tags which transmits the RFID number and the count of rounds fired. The data can be accessed from a tablet PC in the vehicle and then downloaded for record purposes.

This implementation of RFID will not only serve the defence forces but also the RFID industry which always seems to be in the firing line.


Advertisement


Permalink: U.S Army Using RFID for Tracking Rounds Fired
Tags: rfid  system  rfid  us  army    rounds  rounds+fired 

Trackback: http://www.creative-weblogging.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.pl/42524



Advertisement


Advertisement


CW ToolbarInstall
RSSrss   | See all blog subscribe options
Googlegoogle   |   What is RSS?
Yahoo!yahoo
AddthisAddThis Feed Button
BloglinesBloglines
Newsletter
Advertisement - Book yours here.

Use our search feature to look for other interesting posts

Just this blog Whole network
  • cnet
  • rfidsecurity.gif
Advertisement -
Book yours here..


 
Advertisement
Book yours here.



  • Other blogs in the same channel in the Creative Weblogging Network

Advertisement -
Book yours here..






Advertisement - Book yours here..
 
Tagcloud: Case Studies Companies Contactless Payment Systems contest EPC Standards Healthcare Implementation Interviews Libraries Market Size Near Field Communication Patents Privacy and Security Report Retail RFID Basics RFID Employment Software Applications Special Events Sponsored Posts Sports Stocks Supply Chain Tags and Readers Ubiquitous Computing Wireless