RFID Tracking Solution: ACC Systems And SkyeTek Deliver Handheld RFID-Based Solution For Tracking Casualties, Medical Resources On The Battlefield

U.S. Military and Civilian Emergency Responders to Use RFID Handheld Reader for Real-Time Visibility, Rapid Response

SkyeTek, Inc., the leading provider of embedded RFID reader technology, and ACC Systems Inc. of Glen Head, N.Y., a leading defense systems integrator, today announced that they have entered into a technology partnership to deliver ruggedized, wirelessly connected RFID handheld readers for identifying, locating and tracking casualties and medical resources using RFID and satellite technology. The readers are designed for use within the Tactical Medical Coordination System (TacMedCS) deployed by military medical personnel and civilian emergency responders in conventional warfare, humanitarian assistance, peacekeeping, disaster relief, and homeland defense settings.

TacMedCS is a wireless communication system that uses RFID technology to capture and display real-time casualty data in the field. SkyeTek's embedded RFID technology will power wirelessly connected RFID handhelds used to read information resident on RFID medical wristbands placed on casualties or refugees and electronic dog tags worn by personnel in the field. Real-time awareness of casualty status and location allows medical personnel to more quickly respond with needed evacuation resources and helps medical personnel plan for incoming casualties. For more information, visit http://www.namrl.navy.mil/clinical/projects/tacmedcs.htm.

"We selected SkyeTek for our RFID reader module because we believe the company's Advanced Universal Reader Architecture is a significant innovation in terms of reader technology," noted Victor Sackett, director RFID division at ACC Systems. "SkyeTek's M1-mini provides an optimum combination of performance, reliability, and tag support that places it at the forefront of the current marketplace. These features are an absolute necessity when it comes to applications used in warfare and other critical settings."

The SkyeModule M1-mini provides a low power, high performance, and cost effective platform designed to enable any device with RFID reader technology. Smaller in size than a U.S. quarter, the M1-mini is the world's smallest, self-contained multi-protocol 13.56 MHz OEM module. The SkyeModule M1-mini offers customers investment protection through a flexible, forward-compatible platform that will support future tags and reader enhancements.

"In terms of RFID implementations and security, government system integrators like ACC Systems are very sophisticated and exhaustive," said Rob Balgley, CEO of SkyeTek. "Their selection of the M1-mini is an endorsement not only of our Advanced Universal Reader Architecture but also our ReaderWare software. Through ReaderWare, they will be able to seamlessly and cost-effectively upgrade their capabilities as manufacturers add features to existing tags and more tags come on the market."

Customers can purchase SkyeTek's solutions as modules or ReaderWare licenses. Licensing also provides customers with access to the ReaderDNA reference design, allowing them to integrate the technology directly into their product design and realize 40–70% cost savings as a result.

About SkyeTek, Inc.
SkyeTek, Inc. develops reader technology that enables the pervasive adoption of RFID as an embedded feature in existing products. Customers use SkyeTek's technology to create new applications for their product lines in areas such as anti-counterfeiting, configuration management, consumables authentication, item-level inventory, patient safety, patron management, contactless payment, and mobile data collection. SkyeTek specifically designed AURA to serve as the multi-frequency, universal reader architecture for embedded RFID applications. AURA's common architecture disaggregates the RFID reader into a ReaderWare software layer, optimized for broad tag support, reader intelligence and easy application integration, and ReaderDNA hardware reference designs, crafted to optimize read range / performance while exploiting Moore's Law for gains in cost, space, and power efficiency. SkyeTek offers its AURA-based products as either a SkyeModule or ReaderWare license, which comes with access to ReaderDNA. Customers using SkyeTek represent numerous vertical markets and range from midmarket companies to Fortune 500 corporations. Based in Westminster, Colo., SkyeTek sells exclusively through OEMs, systems integrators, and distributors. For more information about SkyeTek, visit www.skyetek.com or call 720-565-0441.

About ACC Systems
ACC Systems Inc. is an international distributor of RFID products for government and industry with manufacturing and systems integration support for custom design and engineering using RFID, GPS and Wireless technology. www.accsystemsinc.com