SAVI UNVEILS NEW LOW-COST RTLS WIRELESS SYSTEM.

Savi Technology, a Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) company, has unveiled a wireless Real Time Locating System (RTLS) to automatically locate assets in facilities or industrial yards that's far less expensive and easier to implement than conventional RTLS systems. The announcement was made at the National Press Club along with availability of two other Savi innovations - a hybrid RFID/SatCom GlobalTag and upgraded SmartChain 6.0 Adaptive Application suite - on the company's 20th year in business.

Savi RTLS breaks through the "cost, complexity and configuration barriers" of other RTLS solutions that are based on Wi-Fi, WLAN or other wireless data technologies. A DASH7 technology based on ISO-compliant active, battery-powered Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Savi RTLS can slash time spent locating assets while improving operational efficiency.

Savi RTLS also performs well in harsh and heavy-metal environments, and is ideally suited for defense and government supply depots; heavy manufacturing plants; job shops; oil and gas refineries; aerospace and automotive material, repair and overhaul operations; hospitals; and, outdoor areas storing heavy equipment such as trailers, chassis, containers, bulk emergency supplies, power equipment, etc.

"Savi RTLS breaks through the cost, complexity and configuration barriers of other RTLS solutions," said Steve Farrell, Savi Technology's vice president of Hardware Engineering. "The Savi RTLS Solution adds a further dimension to our growing portfolio of interoperable solutions that identify, track, and manage assets, whether in-transit across the supply chain or at rest at a precise location. Because of the elegant simplicity of our design, the Savi RTLS Solution can be installed within hours at very low cost to reduce capital infrastructure investments."

Conventional RTLS solutions can take weeks or months to install, requiring complex site analyses and systems integration services to install ...