7500 Greenway Center Drive, Suite 420 Greenbelt, MD 20770

(+1) 301-313-0053

TRX Systems Dismounted Warfighter Training & Test Systems

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• TRX Introduction

• Dismounted Warfighter Position & Navigation Programs

• TRX NEON System Background and New Developments

• US Army Embedded Enhancement Urban Training Operations

Agenda

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• Maryland, US-based company delivering indoor & GPS-denied location systems

• Delivering situational awareness and indoor location systems for indoor/urban operations

• Patented sensor fusion & map building technology for robust, accurate GPS-denied location

TRX Systems, Inc.

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TRX DOD Position and Navigation Programs

• US Army/STTC: Embedded Training Enhancement Support – Location, tracking, and handheld application development for

urban training operations.

• US ARMY/CERDEC: Distributed Navigation – Warfighter navigation solution that uses team-wide information

and collaborative distributed computing to provide robust location.

• DARPA: Handheld Apps for Dismounted Warfighters – Android-based application that delivers GPS-denied navigation and

mapping for tactical battlefield use.

• DARPA: High Accuracy, Non-GPS Pose Estimation – Location, tracking, and navigation to support unfamiliar subsurface

environments such as canyons, subterranean caves, and mines.

Supporting fire operations, TRX is a team-member on the DHS S&T GLANSER Program, the Globe WASP program, and the TEDCO JTTI Program

(DHS S&T, US Army ARDEC supported)

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NEON Personnel Location System

Tracking Units

Networks Cell, Wi-Fi, Radio

Command Station Software

Portable Multi-sensor Anchor Nodes

(Optional)

Third Party Custom Sensor

Platforms

Navigation Engine Software uses Sensor Fusion, Ranging, and Mapping to Deliver Location Estimates

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• Flexible base layer maps (satellite, elevation, building shape)

• On-scene building editing, extrusion, feature definition

• Automatic personnel discovery

• Personnel 2D and 3D location and status

• Windows and Android platforms

Command Software

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Tracking Units

• Neon Tracking Unit - body-worn sensor suite

• Accelerometers, gyroscope, compass, pressure, light, TOF ranging

• Third Party Sensor Platforms

• 2D and 3D location (or corrections)

• Standard Android Platforms

• Location services using embedded consumer-grade sensors & signals of opportunity

Tracking Units

Third Party Custom Sensor

Platforms

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Sensor Fusion and Mapping

Location analytics 1. Fusion Algorithms - sensor

fusion (compass & gyro, optical,…), processed location fusion (Inertial, GPS, Wi-Fi,… )

2. Correction Algorithms - Constraint based corrections – RF ranging, inferred and known map data, user entered constraints – Relies on historical track and

inferred/known map data

– Fuses team-wide location (inter-personnel ranging) & inferred map

Map Inference Corrections

User and Ranging Corrections

Sensor Fusion

TRX uniquely implements higher level algorithms with integrated ranging, map inference, team-wide corrections

*Multiple Patents Pending

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• GPS

• TOF Ranging anchors

• Manual placement

• Near Field “Anchors”

• Waypoint Check-Ins

Personnel Location Initialization

NEON calculates relative location from any known position. Personnel can re-initialize at any point

(dynamically, using ranging or signals of opportunity, or manually using checkins or

waypoints)

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• Short distance TOF ranging with multipath mitigation

• Useful for:

– Inter-personnel Ranging

– Team-wise grouping

– Anchor points (initialization, pre-placed or dropped anchors)

– Could support alarming when people are separated

– Could support homing function to assist in locating personnel

Value of Short Distance Ranging Function

(Argon ST developments as part of GLANSER program deliver a longer range capability)

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US Army STTC Enhancement for “Embedded Training Enhancement Support Devices”

• Highly portable system for “any time, any where” training

• In-room accuracy for urban training environments

• Effective after action review

• System that can be used both during training and in the field

Small tracking unit and handheld used by each warfighter

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US Army STTC Enhancement Program Objectives

• Accuracy - take advantage of fixed training environments – Reliable floor plans

– Ad-hoc anchors

– Waypoints (integrated into CONOPS)

• Testing, enhancements to increase usability and training effectiveness

• Address SWAP-C, including size reduction, power management, and mounting

• Integrate with LT2/CTIA training environments, including API for location & status

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Facility and Training CONOPS - Demo

Multisensor Anchors can be used at choke points or triangulated

Personnel wear tracking unit, Android or radio

NFC checkin or Waypoints are used as they fit into the CONOPS

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• Dismounted warfighter programs – for both training and tactical operations – are driving innovations that are being applied to public safety

• Concept of operation varies a great deal - dismounted applications can allow for more user involvement

– Waypoints in tactical operations

– Ranging anchors, floor plans in training operations

• Development of these features and deployment allows effective measurement of accuracy with and without “assists”

– Enabling continual enhancement of algorithms to deliver better infrastructure-free results

Summary

7500 Greenway Center Drive, Suite 420 Greenbelt, MD 20770

(+1) 301-313-0053

Track. Map. Locate. Indoors.