[Satellite Today 12-15-08] The U.S. Army Logistics Innovation Agency (LIA) awarded Arinc and Impeva Labs Inc. with a contract to install and demonstrate satellite-based next-generation wireless communications tracking, security and monitoring capability on containerized shipments of arms, ammunition and explosives, Arinc announced Dec. 15.
    The initial demonstration of the new capabilities will track an outbound shipment originating from a depot in the western United States during the next 30 days. A follow-on demonstration will track shipments outbound to their final destinations in the battlefield and will also track retrograde shipments returning from in-theater ammunition supply points back to depots in the United States.
    "This demonstration marks the first time a [U.S. Department of Defense] rail shipment has been continuously monitored in real time by satellite from origin to destination," Monty Montero, Arinc vice president of defense systems engineering, said in a statement. "In addition, the Arinc-Impeva [wireless] capability is the first continuous satellite tracking solution that is both Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance certified and operates completely within the [Department of Defense] environment."