The US Navy’s HERO certification is recognized as one of the
most demanding and critical RF safety programs in the world. The
US Navy’s HERO certification is recognized as one of the most
demanding and critical RF safety programs in the world. Thus, it
is clearly impressive that test results have given RuBee (IEEE
1902.1) Auto-ID wireless tags, handhelds, and base stations a
zero safe separation distance (SSD) on the HERO SAFE and HERO
UNSAFE ordnance. In fact, Visible Assets notes that RuBee
(www.rubee.com) is the first wireless technology to be certified
by the US Department of The Navy with a zero SSD for tags,
portable handheld readers, and base stations for HERO SAFE and
HERO UNSAFE ordnance. RuBee is based on magnetic fields rather
than electric-field energy. As a result, the Navy had to develop
a new magnetic safety-test protocol for fused ordnance under MIL
STD 464C. Reportedly, those test protocols were based on worst-
case scenarios with large safety factors. The results show that
RuBee can safely pr