# Savi Technology

> Savi Technology supplies active RFID tags, readers, portable deployment kits and related technology for tracking assets and cargo. Founded in 1989, the business built a long relationship with U.S. military logistics, expanded into commercial supply-chain analytics, then announced a government-focused restructuring and commercial software closure in 2021. Its current headquarters is in Wilmington, North Carolina.

- **Founded:** 1989
- **Headquarters:** Wilmington, United States
- **Founders:** Robert Reis (Founder)
- **Products:** Active RFID tags and readers, PDK III, Savi IoT STR-900-ISO, Savi Locate, Savi Secure
- **Notable:** Built a long-running role in U.S. military active-RFID in-transit visibility., 2013 tag performance validation reported by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory., Delivered a documented 2020 National Guard program involving 221 PDK III units.

## Products & services

- **Active RFID tags and readers** — Tags, fixed and mobile readers, and related equipment for asset identification and in-transit visibility; a continuing focus of government procurement.
- **PDK III** — Portable Deployment Kit III for field asset tracking; substantial National Guard and Army Reserve purchases were described in 2020.
- **Savi IoT STR-900-ISO** — Published hybrid RFID/cellular/GPS sensor specification includes interrogation of up to 50 aRFID tags, message buffering and transmission when cellular signal is available. Current model availability is not established.
- **Savi Locate** — Historical location sensor announced below $50 for quantities of 100 or more in May 2017; historical offer, not current system pricing.
- **Savi Secure** — Tamper and environmental sensor described alongside Locate in the 2017 announcement. Current availability is not established.
- **Savi Visibility and Savi Insight** — Historical in-transit visibility and SaaS analytics products. Savi announced closure of its commercial software business in August 2021; these should not be presented as verified current commercial offerings.

## Achievements

- Built a long-running role in U.S. military active-RFID in-transit visibility.
- 2013 tag performance validation reported by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
- Delivered a documented 2020 National Guard program involving 221 PDK III units.
- Named sole-source awardee for aRFID-VI in an August 2024 Army award notice.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — DLA awarded radio-frequency tag delivery order SPE8EF26F0091 worth approximately $2.63 million; published details list 28,094 units at $93.63 each.
- **2024-08** — Army awarded aRFID-VI contract W519TC24D0031 with five one-year ordering periods.

## Links

- Website: https://www.savi.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/savi-technology
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Savi360
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SaviTechnology/

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