MIL-STD-129

MIL-STD-129R - Military Marking for Shipment and Storage

Organization: US DoD
LF RFID125–134 kHzHF / NFC13.56 MHzUHF RFID860–960 MHzμW RFID2.45 GHz100 kHz1 MHz10 MHz100 MHz1 GHz10 GHzAM Radio530 kHz – 1.7 MHzFM Radio87.5 – 108 MHzBT / WiFi2.4 GHzWiFi 5/65 – 6 GHz

Overview

The US Department of Defense standard for marking military shipments and unit packs. Revision R includes requirements for RFID tagging of military logistics items using passive UHF (EPC Gen2) tags. Mandates the use of the ADI (Aerospace and Defense Identifier) EPC scheme for serialised part tracking across the DoD supply chain.

Why it matters for RFID

Mandates RFID tagging in US military logistics. The ADI EPC encoding scheme exists specifically to support MIL-STD-129 marking requirements for parts, cases, and pallets.

Official document

https://quicksearch.dla.mil/qsDocDetails.aspx?ident_number=36595