Maggs Brings to Savi a Deep History of Technology Expertise from Palm, Sony Ericsson and Motorola

ALEXANDRIA, VA. – Aug. 19, 2010 – Savi Technology, a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] company and leading provider of low-power wireless solutions to manage supply chains and smart assets, today announced that William Maggs will join the leadership team in the newly created position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO).  Maggs, who also becomes Savi Technology’s Senior Vice President (SVP)-Technology Operations, formerly was CTO at Palm, Inc., and worked at mobile handset companies Motorola and Sony Ericsson in Advanced Technology and ecosystem development roles.

In his role as CTO and SVP at Savi Technology, Maggs will be the chief catalyst for innovation as well as the focal point for all technology operations throughout the global company, including the design, development and delivery of wireless products and complete software solutions in public sector and commercial markets. Maggs also oversees the Savi Technology Innovation Lab and operations involving product manufacturing, supply chain management and supplier relationships. (more…)

ALEXANDRIA, VA. – Aug. 11, 2010 – Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] Savi Technology today announced the relocation of its global headquarters to Alexandria, Va., in order to be closer to its expanding base of public sector and commercial customers. 

Savi Technology provides real-time, solutions and services that leverage wireless sensor networks to improve the management, security and integrity of supply chain assets for customers in the public and commercial sectors, including defense, federal civilian government agencies, utilities and energy (oil, gas, chemical), natural resources and aerospace and defense suppliers. (more…)

Savi’s Portable Deployment Kits Track Supplies with RFID, GPS and SatCom Anywhere, Anytime

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – July 13, 2010 – Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] Savi Technology has received a U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) order for 50 Portable Deployment Kits (PDKs) to locate, track and manage RFID-tagged supplies anywhere, anytime in support of expeditionary force surges in Afghanistan. (more…)

Savi Collaborates with SAP on Delivery of New Integrated Solution to Defense and Humanitarian Relief Customers via Supply Chain Visibility, Execution and Planning

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – July 7, 2010 – Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] Savi Technology today announced its SmartChain® Consignment Management Application (CMA) software platform version 6.0 achieved SAP certification as powered by the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform.  SmartChain CMA integrates with SAP® solutions to provide a complete, automated solution that synchronizes supply chain planning and execution operations for defense, public sector and commercial customers. (more…)

SoC Also Offered to Developers to Extend Supply Chain Tracking Applications

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – June 30, 2010 – Savi Technology, a Lockheed Martin company [NYSE: LMT] providing real-time supply chain and asset management solutions, today unveiled a state-of-the-art Radio Frequency system-on-a-chip (SoC) about the size of a dime that streamlines design and development processes of DASH7 RFID-based tracking devices. 

(More about Savi SoC and a new Developer Tools program will be explained today at 2pm (EDT) in an “RFID Independence Day” webcast hosted by the “RFID Journal” that includes executives from Savi, Comtech Mobile Datacom and ODIN Technologies).

Savi’s new active RFID SoC combines three different microprocessor chips onto one silicon chip package, which dramatically consolidates and simplifies the integration of electrical circuitry used to process and store data on RFID tags and readers.  As a result, the design and manufacturing processes of standards-based active RFID hardware and enabling solutions are speedier and more cost-effective while also maintaining the full functionality and memory of Savi’s industry-leading hardware. (more…)