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Since it was established in 1999, MITRE's TTO has helped put MITRE's intellectual property—patents, technology, and expertise—into the hands of commercial companies that can make them available to our sponsors and the public as supported, affordable products. Some of our recent successes include the following:
Universal Access Transceiver Beacon Radio
Leveraging its Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) technology, MITRE developed a small, lightweight, low-power Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) transmitter. Developed in the mid-1990s, UAT is a digital radio system that significantly increases situational awareness for smaller aircraft and aircraft operating in the lower altitudes of the national airspace. The same type of technology in a much smaller package, UAT Beacon Radio (UBR) supports multiple broadcast data services crucial to flight safety, including ADS-B. UBR can operate with its own power supply or it can use the aircraft's battery power. The miniaturized UBR technology has the potential to improve visual acquisition of small, unmanned, aircraft systems, general aviation aircraft without engine-generated electrical systems, hang-gliders, and balloons operating in visual meteorological conditions in low altitude airspace. MITRE has executed licenses to multiple commercial entities.
SquareLoop, Inc.
In late 2004, a local entrepreneur licensed MITRE's Geocast technology, which served as the basis for SquareLoop, a northern Virginia-based startup company. The MITRE-developed Geocast technology allows for the distribution of geography-specific information to mobile communication devices without infringing on a user's privacy. After prototyping the technology with Nextel, MITRE worked with the Center for Innovative Technology—a nonprofit corporation that accelerates the next generation of technology—to create partnerships with experienced venture capital investors and entrepreneurs. SquareLoop is commercializing a unique Location-Based Services (LBS) platform used to provide public safety alerts, premium content, and marketing messages to mobile devices.
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