Alien Technology Wins U.S. Government BPA Award To Supply EPC Class 1 RFID Tags; DoD Program to Improve Inventory Management Through Use of RFID Technology.

MORGAN HILL, Calif. -- Alien Technology(R) today announced the award of a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) from the Army Contracting Agency (ACA) Information Technology, E-Commerce and Commercial Contracting Center (ITEC4), for passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Electronic Product Code (EPC) -1 tags. According to the ACA ITEC4, RFID EPC-1 technology will provide standardization and interoperability requirements among all Government users of passive RFID EPC-1 tags and components. E[acute accent]The BPA serves all of the Department of Defense (DoD) branches with access to a state-of-the-art common, integrated structure for logistic identification, tracking, locating, and monitoring of commodities and assets. Use of this technology is intended to assist in data collection, storage information, retrieval methods, information processing, and transmission of tag data across all branches of the DoD. More information is available at http://www.cecomacw.army.mil under "awarded contracts."

E[acute accent]About Alien Technology

E[acute accent]Alien Technology Corporation is a leading provider of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products for global customers in government, retail, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, transportation, and other industries. Using its patented manufacturing process, Fluidic Self Assembly (FSA(R)), Alien(R) manufactures EPC tags in very high-volumes and at low cost. The company provides a family of RFID readers for a variety of applications including supply chain management, logistics, and anti-counterfeiting, to improve inventory management and reduce operating costs. Alien is an active member of EPCglobal. More information about Alien Technology Corporation can be found on the Company's website at www.alientechnology.com.

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