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ConnectedWireless Corporation formed in 2002 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Systems & Processes Engineering Corporation (SPEC). ConnectedWireless is a fast growing innovator in supply chain management hardware and software systems. From its beginnings with the USAF's Air Mobility Command, and its legacy system, Falcon Gateway, ConnectedWireless has been providing critical Command & Control (C2) system support to the nation's strategic airlift fleet since 1996. Today, Falcon Gateway moves over 35,000 messages per month between command and control nodes on the ground, and the USAF's heavy airlift fleet. In addition to C2, AMC also initially funded and directed CWC's efforts toward Automated Identification Technologies (AIT) enabling expert management of cargo and personnel.
Under a SBIR contract, ConnectedWireless Corporation developed the Falcon Gateway System. This system is design to "feed" the automated Command and Control Global Decision Support System (GDSS) which provides mission management of the Air Material Command's fleet of air lifters, tankers and support aircraft with near-real-time aircraft mission data including detailed cargo and passenger manifests. Improvements were later added to the system including: GPS location of all aircraft assets worldwide; fully integrated Hand-Held Interrogator providing a scan of all 1D/2D Cargo labels, RFID Tags, and military ID cards; and a portable single man/single-case "fly a way" version of the system to be used on all aircraft lacking cockpit-mounted systems.
The USAF employed the Falcon Gateway System aboard 300 C-130, KC-10 and C-141 aircraft almost immediately. In Operation Iraqi Freedom, the system was used to send over 30,000 messages per month between aircraft and critical Command and Control nodes. Following the USAF success, ConnectedWireless invested significantly to adapt the portable Falcon Gateway System to the Army's requirements, which included a newly designated Deployable Asset Visibility System (DAVS) to transportation units deployed in Kuwait and Iraq. As a result, for the first time the Army has a fully deployable, single soldier "FedEx-like solution" to track shipments regardless of the strict location.
Systems & Processes Engineering Corporation
101 West 6th Street, Suite 200
Austin, Texas 78701
Phone: (512) 479-7732
Fax: (512) 479-0756
Website: http://www.spec.com/
