A Sign of Consolidation to Come?

News dated May 4, 2006 -- Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Savi Technology, Inc. (Savi), a provider of active radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

RFID organizations are going public, filing IPOs and now you can expect to see more of this. It's how the big get bigger and stay safe. Is it a good thing?