The United States Department of Defense is accelerating its award of RFID contracts:

"The awards are part of a government project to build an integrated supply chain that consistently identifies, tracks, locates, and monitors Department of Defense assets and commodities, using passive RFID EPC Class 1 technology.

The RFID EPC-1 technology will be used at inventory warehouses and maintenance, repair, and tracking facilities; at entry and exit points of military facilities; and at roadside installations. It also will be used to handle and track hazardous explosives."

So who were the lucky vendors who got approved? Alien Technology Corp. and ADT Security Systems Inc. are the latest.