ASD-STAN/D 7/WG 2 - RFID Radio Frequency IDentification

This document is applicable to new manufactured tags after publication of this document.
This document aims to:
-   provide specification for RFID tag manufacturers to design and manufacture passive UHF RFID tags for the aeronautical industry;
-   identify required performances for UHF RFID tags in order to be read/written during ground operations only, while being subject to the global flight environment;
-   identify functional and environmental validation tests to be performed on passive UHF RFID tags with associated pass/fail criteria as well as associated test methods;
-   check functionalities and resistance to environment for airborne passive UHF RFID tags.
This document does not apply to:
-   the reader (interrogator – readers). It will be addressed appropriately by individual applicants;
-   active RFID devices or battery assisted passive (BAP) RFID devices;
-   RFID tags designed to operate outside the 860 MHz to 960 MHz frequency range.

This document is applicable in the aeronautical domain to on-board parts and to equipment intended to be embedded or positioned on any civil or military airborne vehicle with a type certificate.
The purpose of this document is to guide design, manufacturing, maintenance and operations organizations in the installation, removal and replacement of RFID tags (UHF and HF) and Contact Memory Buttons (CMB), according to the environments defined in RTCA DO-160/EUROCAE ED-14 and according to the type of support and the expected fixation performances. This guide will provide help in the specification of the tag installation/removal functions and/or will enable the solutions on offer from tag suppliers to be enhanced.
The term "tag" used in this document covers all the tags used to store electronic data, including RFID tags and CMB tags. As a reminder, the tags can also contain information that can be read by devices other than RFID or CMB readers (e.g. bar codes - Data Matrix, QR codes, etc., and/or alphanumerical characters) and information that can be read by the naked eye without any tools (human-readable).