Jio, Inc. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF191-010
Jio, Inc. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $158,000
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- AF191-010
- Solicitation
- 19.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- IL
- Period
- 2019-03-06 → 2019-06-04
Description
Jiobit provides a tracking device that is less than 1 cubic inch in volume and only 0.6 ounces in weight that can easily be attached to personnel or cargo. The device includes a GPS receiver, 3G/2G global cellular transceiver, BT/WIFI transceivers, and motion and altitude sensors. The device and related infrastructure use a patented technique termed "progressive beaconing" to save power, actively switching between the available technologies for location acquisition and location communication, giving the small device up to 10 days of battery life. The system may be useful to special operations and battlefield airmen and could be updated to meet their specific requirements.