Many high value assets used by military services remain in a ready preserved state until required by a unit. Some assets, such as aircraft engines, can travel thousands of miles via different modes of transportation to the squadron in need of the asset. The current containers used for high value aviation assets such as engines or helicopter transmissions have only rudimentary means to verify the condition of the asset.

Through research sponsored by the U.S. Navy's AIT office as well as the Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP), LandMARC has developed an integrated sensor module that can:

• Monitor temperature, humidity and pressure inside a container
• Automatically convey the status to a web-based database
• Generate email alerts upon threshold exceedence
• Provide location and ID using standard RFID protocols

The spiral development process will eventually incorporate the means for the module to communicate through cellular telephone networks and GPS capability for In Transit Visibility (ITV).

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This project was the winner of the 2002 Gold Award for Excellence in E-Learning in the Performance Centered Design Category. This awards program is sponsored by brandon-hall.com and Online Learning Magazine.

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