System Planning Corp. (SPC), which has developed GPS tracking and monitoring services, has jointed the DASH7 Alliance, an industry consortium that promotes the use of the ISO 18000-7 (DASH7) standard for wireless sensor networking. “Adding DASH7 to multi-function RF devices like the SPC GlobalTrak system is an important expansion of the DASH7 platform,” says Patrick Burns, president of the DASH7 Alliance. “By adding a DASH7 module to wide-area cellular or sitcom platforms like those developed by SPC, end users are offered an important option across a range of industries since it provides a flexible, mobile backhaul capability for data acquired through a DASH7 tag or reader. SPC’s GlobalTrak system can track the location and condition of cargo as it transits through a supply chain. “We see the addition of DASH7 to the GlobalTrak system as a play for both military and commercial applications,” says Richard Meyers, CEO of GlobalTrak. “As the global standard for wireless sensor networking in the military, adding DASH7 readers to SPC’s global wireless platform opens a new set of tactical uses for mobile readers without the reliance on traditional fixed RFID infrastructures.”