Q-Track Announces Homeland Security Award

The Department of Homeland Security Directorate of Science and Technology awarded The Q-Track Corporation a Phase II SBIR contract to explore use of Q-Track’s Near-Field Electromagnetic Ranging technology to locate personnel in GPS-denied settings.
By: Eric Richards
 
Aug. 30, 2011 - PRLog -- Huntsville, AL — September 01, 2011 — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) recently awarded The Q-Track Corporation a Phase II SBIR contract to explore use of Q-Track’s Near-Field Electromagnetic Ranging (NFER®) technology to locate personnel in GPS-denied settings.
Q-Track’s NFER® Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) employ low-frequency, long-wavelength signals to achieve accurate location information in difficult wireless propagation environments. The technology is already used in the nuclear industry and elsewhere. Q-Track is currently hiring software engineers and RTLS technicians to help apply NFER® RTLS in a variety of emerging commercial applications.
“This award underscores the need for highly accurate location data in the most challenging environments,” acknowledged Q-Track CEO, Jerry Gabig. “We’re looking forward to extending the capability of NFER® RTLS to even more challenging settings under this effort.”

About Q-Track
Founded in 2002, the Q-Track Corporation is the leader in high precision RTLS in the most challenging industrial environments. Q-Track is a privately held company located in Huntsville, AL. Q-Track’s development of Near-Field Electromagnetic Ranging (NFER®) technology was supported by contracts or grants from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, National Science Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), NIOSH, NIA, and NIEHS. The company holds nine U.S. patents with an additional ten pending. For additional information, please visit the company’s website at http://www.Q-Track.com.

Q-Track, NFER, and Dosimulation are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Q-Track Corporation. Our research results are based upon work supported by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and other agencies. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the DHS S&T or the endorsement of the U.S. government.

For more information, press only:
Eric Richards, 256-489-0075, e.richards@q-track.com

For more information on Q-Track RTLS:
http://www.q-track.com/
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