TRX Navigation Technology and

TRX Systems Dismounted Warfighter Training & Test Systems

7500 Greenway Center Drive, Suite 420 Greenbelt, MD 20770 (+1) 301-313-0053

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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

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TRX Systems, Inc. • 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

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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) TRX Proprietary

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NEON Personnel Location System Tracking Units

Command Station Software

Networks Cell, Wi-Fi, Radio Third Party Custom Sensor Platforms

Portable Multi-sensor Anchor Nodes (Optional)

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

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Command Software

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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 TRX Proprietary

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Tracking Units Tracking Units

• Neon Tracking Unit - body-worn sensor suite • Accelerometers, gyroscope, compass, pressure, light, TOF ranging

Third Party Custom Sensor Platforms

• Third Party Sensor Platforms • 2D and 3D location (or corrections)

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

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Sensor Fusion and Mapping Location analytics 1.

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Fusion Algorithms - sensor fusion (compass & gyro, optical,…), processed location fusion (Inertial, GPS, Wi-Fi,… ) 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 (interpersonnel 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 TRX Proprietary

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Personnel Location Initialization

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GPS TOF Ranging anchors Manual placement Near Field “Anchors” Waypoint Check-Ins

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) TRX Proprietary

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Value of Short Distance Ranging Function • Short distance TOF ranging with multipath mitigation • Useful for: – Inter-personnel Ranging – Team-wise grouping – Anchor points (initialization, preplaced or dropped anchors) – Could support alarming when people are separated – Could support homing function to assist in locating personnel (Argon ST developments as part of GLANSER program deliver a longer range capability) TRX Proprietary

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US Army STTC Enhancement for “Embedded Training Enhancement Support Devices” Small tracking unit and handheld used by each warfighter

• 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

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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 TRX Proprietary

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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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Summary • 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 TRX Proprietary

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Track. Map. Locate. Indoors.

7500 Greenway Center Drive, Suite 420 Greenbelt, MD 20770 (+1) 301-313-0053