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Back to Company SearchWGS Systems, LLC
UEI: YM75Y437E8N1
Number of Employees: 28
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
SBIR/STTR Involvement
Year of first award: 2018
2
Phase I Awards
0
Phase II Awards
N/A
Conversion Rate
$299,066
Phase I Dollars
$0
Phase II Dollars
$299,066
Total Awarded
Awards
Detector Integration with Current and Emerging Networked Systems (DICENS)
Amount: $149,634 Topic: H-SB019.1-009
WGS Systems LLC (WGS) proposes the Detector Integration with Current and Emerging Networked Systems (DICENS) research and engineering effort to develop relevant communications protocols, application programming interfaces, and interface control documentation to allow legacy and emerging radiation detection systems to be integrated into current and emerging networked systems.Radiation and nuclear (R/N) detectors are critical to the protection of government personnel and US citizens.With the increased threat of potential use of R/N devices against US interests by bad actors, improved networking, standardizing interfaces, and timely response to sensor events is critical.The sensors will not always be able to operate in environments with commercial cellular networks and must often work in more austere environments such as open-ocean, remote border sections and ports of entry with limited infrastructure.Location of R/N events must be known so that timely and effective response, containment, and mitigation can be undertaken.In GPS-denied areas alternative solutions must be devised to effectively track mobile sensors.The resultant communications network must include an adaptable sensor network management infrastructure that can quickly and seamlessly adapt to new sensor and communication technologies, and operational environments.This Phase I effort will include survey and cost-benefit analyses of existing radiation detection devices and networks.WGS will utilize this analysis to design, engineer, and produce a prototype network of integrated radiological sensors for testing and demonstrations.The test network will provide the basis for the Phase II integration of multiple sensor and communication devices into a comprehensive sensor network.
Tagged as:
SBIR
Phase I
2019
DHS
WGS Systems Search and Rescue Locating Cell Phones (SARLOC-DF)
Amount: $149,432 Topic: H-SB018.1-002
WGS Systems LLC proposes to develop a low-cost small portable radio direction finder (DF) to locate cell phones being used for emergency communications in remote regions.This low-cost product will be used by first responders in support of the search and rescue mission.WGS understands DF technology and develops high performance DF systems for defense applications including systems that DF GSM cell phones.In addition, we understand and support the public safety market and consequently have been developing for low-cost affordable Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) products and systems in this market space.We also initiated an internally funded effort to develop low-cost DF concepts.The approach uses single channel DF methods which reduce the cost associated with tuners.It is also using low-cost Software Defined Radios (SDRs) that are reasonably priced and low-cost processing engines.WGS is using this background to develop a unique solution for this cell phone location task.We propose to develop and demonstrate a Search and Rescue Location DF (SARLOC-DF) system used to locate phones in sparse cell phone coverage areas.SARLOC-DF uses latest low-cost COTS technology components and low-cost antenna products for the hardware platform that is in a small rugged portable package.SARLOC-DF uses the cell phone signal to define a line-of-bearing (LOB) to the phone and measures signal amplitude.The bearing and amplitude information are used to locate the phone.Our plan is to commercialize this product for use in the public safety market.
Tagged as:
SBIR
Phase I
2018
DHS