How RFID tagging technology for ammunition will help the soldiers.

The Indian Army has declared that it has begun tagging ammunition in order to keep track of it.

The Enterprise Resource Application, managed by the Computerized Inventory Control Group (CICG) of the Ordnance Services Directorate, uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging technology for asset tracking in the Indian Army. 

As the technology is known, RFID is used in almost every aspect of civilian life. Thin RFID tagging assist cars in navigating toll booths, hospitals in locating equipment, and supermarkets in keeping track of their goods. Some identification documents, airline luggage tags, and even amusement park wristbands contain tags. 

RFID tags integrated with military weaponry can save hours on time-consuming activities like weapon counts and distribution. The same silent, invisible signals that aid automates inventory checks could become an unwanted tracking beacon outside the armory. 

According to the Ministry of Defense statement, “the first shipment of RFID tagged ammunition, consisting of three lots of 5.56mm ammunition, has been shipped from Ammunition Factory Khadki to Central Ammunition Depot (CAD) Pulgaon.” 

The Army claimed in a statement that “the introduction of the RFID solution for ammunition asset visibility would alter the management of munitions and bring in a quantum jump in management and tracking.“ 

“The effort will improve the field Army’s satisfaction by making ammunition storage and use safer for soldiers,” it added.

According to the Army, the project’s implementation will boost the efficiency of all technical activities carried out in munitions depots and lower inventory carrying costs. 

The RFID installation was overseen by the Indian Army’s Ordnance Services Directorate, in collaboration with Munitions India Limited (MIL), Pune, a newly constituted company following the Ordnance Factories Board’s corporatization (OFB). 

RFID tagging will assist the Indian Army in better managing the life cycle of weapons and ammunition, as well as freeing people from time-consuming data-entry activities and boosting the availability and integrity of weapons intelligence.

Published By: Jaspreet Singh

Edited By: Kritika Kashyap