IS4S Awarded Phase I SBIR to Develop Indoor Tracking System for First Responders

Auburn, AL 

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded IS4S a Phase I SBIR to perform trade studies and develop a personal first responder navigation and tracking system for use in GPS-limited or denied environments. The system will track first responder motion with inertial-based pedometry and will have a modular and scalable architecture to incorporate, but not rely on, other aiding sensors or information specific to the response environment (e.g. RF localization systems, maps, etc.). Trade studies will be performed to determine the best implementation for first responders and assess the performance of vision to aid the solution. The use of standards will maximize operability with other connected systems and tools as well as send PNT solutions to the NGFR communication hub for transmission over available communication links, such as land mobile radio (LMR) or long-term evolution (LTE) networks. The hardware will require minimal to no interaction from the first responder to operate.