The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has extended the time and increased the value of its Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) II contract with Savi. The contract has been extended to Jan. 31, 2009 and its ceiling increased by approximately $60 million to $483 million for the company's active RFID products and services.

The contract amendments were made by the U.S. Army's Information Technology, E-Commerce and Commercial Contracting Center and the executive agent for the DoD is the office of the Product Manager, Joint-Automatic Identification Technology.

Savi is a developer and provider of RFID-based supply chain solutions and services for defense, government and commercial customers and has provided RFID solutions to the DoD for more than a decade. The company helped build the DoD's RF In-Transit Visibility (ITV) network that spans more than 45 countries and tracks military supplies through 4000 sites.

In addition to the DoD, the company provides RFID solutions for NATO, and defense forces in the United Kingdom, Australia, Denmark, Sweden, and Spain, among others. Founded in 1989, Savi Technology is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, with headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., and offices in Johannesburg, London, Melbourne, Singapore and Washington D.C.