Four years it looked like logistic C2 (command and control) and RFID (Radio frequency Identification) markets were going to boom, there were numerous programs and lots of promised funding, but that hasnt happened. Why?
There are two key issues:
1) RFID produced a host of electronic signature management issues that defence ministries have issues with. This is less with say with small Oxley tags but more with SAVI large scale equipment.
2) The maintenance and support of military systems is being increasingly contracted out to industry. Thus the armed services dont need lots of Logistic C2 systems but rather service suppliers needs the system. The contracting of services will continue to grow and a number of logistic programs now face being cut. There will always be a basic demand for logistic C2 but not in the same way that was imagined.
It does alot of questions as to where UK JAMES will go. With DRUMM cancelled not so long ago, its successor could now also be in trouble.
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