TRX Systems strives to be the military’s choice in assured PNT products for dismounted warfighters, easily integrated ground systems, and other low size, weight, power, and cost platforms.
The company was founded in 2004 to deliver positioning systems that safeguard public safety and security personnel operating indoors and in other GPS-denied areas.
Subsequently, TRX brought its NEON® GPS-denied positioning, navigation, and mapping products to market. Powered by patented algorithms, NEON technology fuses satellite-based PNT information with inputs from inertial sensors, map data, and other sources to reliably track a user’s position in GPS-denied environments.
TRX has produced and shipped thousands of products powered by NEON positioning and navigation technology to military, security, and commercial users.
In March 2023, the U.S. Army awarded TRX a $402 million production contract to deliver DAPS (Dismounted Assured, Positioning, Navigation, and Timing System) GEN II systems, known commercially as TRX DAPS II. The TRX DAPS II system has undergone rigorous independent testing and is now in full-rate production.
TRX DAPS II is a small, handheld device that leverages satellite-based resources, integrated inertial sensors, and other technology layers to deliver continuous and reliable positioning and timing information to warfighters and their combat systems.
TRX Systems, led by UMD electrical and computer engineering alumnae Carol Politi (president and CEO), M.B.A., ‘97, B.S., electrical engineering, ‘86, Carole Teolis (CTO), Ph.D., electrical engineering, ‘94, and Ben Funk (VP engineering), B.S., electrical engineering, ‘05, is a spin-off from Techno-Sciences, founded by UMD’s Gilmer Blankenship, professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
ACR Group acquired TRX Systems in 2022.
Intellectual Property: TRX Systems has been granted 49 U.S. patents, with several more pending.
Programs: Mtech Ventures, MIPS
