Northrop Grumman’s Information Technology (IT) sector provides multiple options for using Illuminos. The product is available as an independent software development kit for automatic information systems developers. Northrop Grumman integration services are also available to IT and supply-chain managers for passive RFID integration. In addition, Northrop Grumman will license its electronic product code coder/decoder to vendors to integrate the latest electronic product code data standards into their electronic product code-compliant firmware.

“The application of RFID technology is moving rapidly into the marketplace with a good return on investment to its users,” said Mark Jendzejec, vice president, Mission Support Systems, Northrop Grumman IT. “From government to industry, the next big market leap is a convergence of disparate technologies. Illuminos will help integrate the various RFID systems currently in use.”

Illuminos will help reduce the software development time for developers implementing designs for electronic product code compliant readers and data structures, and at the same time, minimize product integration complexity. The product also eliminates multiple interfaces for multiple RFID vendors’ hardware, and provides a rapid implementation path for electronic product code and unique identification compliance. Illuminos supports Alien, Matrics and Intermec hardware.