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U.S. Army buys RFID-enabled satellite transceivers

May 1, 2006 12:00 PM

Comtech's Mobile Datacom subsidiary secured a $12.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to supply its Movement Tracking System (MTS) next-generation Model MT-2012 mobile satellite transceivers. The transceivers feature embedded RFID and GPS technology, specifically Savi Technology's ISO-compliant EchoPoint RFID reader, which the Department of Defense previously deployed under its In-Transit Visibility network, according to Comtech.



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