— provide specification for RFID tag manufacturers to design and manufacture passive UHF RFID tags for the aeronautical industry;

— identify required performances for UHFRFID 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.

— 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.