US set to issue passports with RFID chips

28.07.2006

The passive 64Kb RFID devices in the new passports will be supplied by Infineon Technologies North America Corp. of San Jose, Calif., and Amsterdam-based Gemalto N.V., Moss said. The E-passports meet specifications laid down by the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a United Nations standards body.

ICAO has been pushing for its 189-member countries to adopt machine-readable, electronically enabled passports by 2010.