NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

For release: 04-13-04
Photo release #: 04-106

NASA, U.S. Coast guard partner to track, protect aircraft parts

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Nicole Robertson, an apprentice U.S. Coast Guard investigator at the Aircraft Repair and Supply Center in Elizabeth City, N.C., uses a portable scanning device to check the identification barcode on a Coast Guard HH60J rescue helicopter. The innovative “Data Matrix” technology, invented by NASA researchers to track aerospace parts and supplies, is now being studied to track and protect Coast Guard aircraft inventories. The technology was developed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. (NASA/MSFC)

Contact Kim Newton Media Relations Dept. Marshall Space Flight Ctr. (256) 544-0034

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