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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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*Multiple Patents Pending
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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Track. Map. Locate.
Indoors.
7500 Greenway Center Drive, Suite 420
Greenbelt, MD 20770
(+1) 301-313-0053