Savi Technology says it is opening its radio frequency identification (RFID) hardware and supply chain software tools to developers who want to leverage them in their own market applications. Savi, a business unit of Lockheed Martin [LMT], says its Developer program allows solution providers to gain access to component technologies that have mad it a leading provider of active RFID-based supply chain and asset management solutions. The Developer Tools include the ability to build web-hosted software products, software applications to develop asset management and supply chain management solutions, and RFID hardware components to allow developers to develop DASH-7 products into their own hardware and software products. “The Savi Developer program will help to accelerate deployment of RFID-based solutions to meet growing demand in a market that continues to mature,” says David Stephens, Savi’s CEO. “This is a milestone event for Savi Technology and the industry because it helps to rapidly extend proven real-time solutions into existing and completely new supply chain, manufacturing or consumer goods markets.”