Savi’s compact Portable Deployment Kits (PDKs) will enable guard units throughout the US and its territories to better locate, track and manage RFID-tagged supplies and equipment in real-time.
The contracts with the National Guard demonstrate the growing need to rapidly and efficiently track critical materiel throughout their own facilities and into austere environments where there is little or no available communications or power infrastructure, said David Stephens, general manager of Savi’s public sector.
Under the initial contracts, valued at $4.6 million, Savi will provide each state’s Joint Force Headquarters, as well as National Guard units in the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, with PDK units and related equipment.
The initial contracts include orders for 54 PDKs, 5,400 active RFID tags and 120 mobile handheld readers, in addition to associated training for National Guard logisticians nationwide. Mission applications include disaster relief, homeland security and other emergency efforts.
