Real-Time Wireless Armory Automation
Armory 20/20 is an integrated Weapons Visibility Network based on RuBee (IEEE 1902.1) wireless tags (see RuBee Technology) embedded in each weapon "1", stored on RuBee enabled Smart Racks "2" and managed by advanced Oracle based armory 20/20 software systems "3". Armory 20/20 provides:
- Real-time physical inventory of stored weapons.
- Audit trails, logs, and formatted reports of weapon check in/out events.
- Audit trails, logs, and formatted reports of identified weapon entry exit events.
- Preventative maintenance based on rounds fired and automated advanced weapon performance metrics.
RuBee has an important advantage in that it is not line-of-sight like RFID or barcodes. RuBee tags are read within a large 3D volume, and the signals are not blocked by water or steel (see Tag on i-Beam Underwater Video). Armory 20/20 and other RuBee asset visibility networks work reliably in harsh environments because of RuBee's unique physics (see RuBee Technology). Our ability to read RuBee tags within a volume, though water and steel means we do not have to ask the user to do anything special, like "please hold your gun up to that antenna". Armory 20/20 provides armory automation without any serious user change in process, or user training.
Armory 20/20 visibility
networks use a tiny RuBee tag embedded in each weapon, usually in
the grip. When that weapon is placed on a Smart Rack its presence
and identity can be read automatically. When the same weapon goes
out the door a Muster Station can also automatically identify the
weapon and the user, and report all exit/entry times. The weapon
tags all have optional NIST traceable accelerometer sensors that
can count and store total rounds fired, estimated barrel wear
factor (Mean Kinetic Shots), as well as advanced diagnostic Key
Performance Indicators (KPI's) that predict parts replacement as
well as many performance statistics. (see RuBee
Smart Weapon ).
Armory 20/20 visibility
networks use RuBee Smart Racks to provide automatic physical
inventory of stored RuBee Smart Weapons and assets. The Smart Racks
make storage of any combination of handguns, carbines, and mission
critical assets, simple and flexible. Each rack has a factory
installed RuBee router with antennas and firmware. The Smart Racks
are hot-pluggable, immediately recognized as a armory 20/20
inventory appliance when plugged into a Dot-Tag Server (see
RuBee Smart
Racks ). The Smart Racks
start taking a real-time physical inventory automatically within a
few minutes.
Armory 20/20 visibility
networks use exit/entry portals, based on the RuBee Portal Platform
(RP2) that provides real time exit/entry events automatically. When
a user walks out a door near a Muster Station, the user's RuBee ID
card, and any weapon(s), or other assets, are all read while
walking past the station. The RP2 DoorGuard and RP2 GateGuard
quickly finds assets hidden inside steel cases wrapped in aluminum
foil. We have similar systems that can detect assets in moving
vehicles at exit/entry gates (see RP2 Smart
Portals). The RP2 can also be
programmed to serve as an Issuance Station and provide check in/out
events automatically.
Armory 20/20 may be configured as a small low cost, stand-alone armory 20/20 software package designed to support a single armory. It can also be configured to provide large scale networked systems, using secure and proven Oracle components that can manage 10's to 100's of armories country wide or world wide. Oracle Dot-Tag serves as the middleware infrastructure and 20/20 Application Visibility Toolkit is based on robust, well established, reliable Oracle application tools (see Dot-Tag and 20/20 ).
Our armory 20/20 partners.
