Gunshot + Acoustic Event Detection
Real gunshot detection.
Built for real-world threats.
GWACS Acoustic Event of Interest technology has been developed over more than 20 years working with the military and engineered to autonomously detect and locate real-world threat events in demanding environments without requiring a person in the loop.
Tested, evaluated, and operationally assessed by multiple branches of the U.S. military and foreign special operations forces.
Sense what cameras can’t.
Military-derived. Operationally proven.
Real gunshot detection.
Built from a military requirement, not a marketing idea.
GWACS did not enter the gunshot-detection market by repackaging a newly developed commercial sensor. Its acoustic-warning technology grew out of military requirements and more than two decades of engineering, testing, refinement, and real-world threat-detection development.
Tested, evaluated, and operationally assessed by multiple branches of the U.S. military and foreign special operations forces.
Available now
Autonomous detection of gunshot events, because every second matters.
Autonomous event detection—no person required in the middle to listen and decide whether an event occurred. Event and location information is made available to the people and systems that need it.
Gunshot Detection
Autonomous detection of gunshot events without a person in the loop.
Acoustic Event of Interest Detection
Identify sounds with operational significance to the customer.
Direction and Location Awareness
Establish direction and location context where the deployment supports it.
Autonomous Event Classification
Classify events without requiring a person to listen or decide each one.
Distributed Deployment
Scale awareness across fixed, indoor, outdoor, mobile, and vehicle environments.
Security and Operational-System Integration
Contribute awareness to the people and systems already in place.
Beyond line of sight
Sense what cameras can’t.
Cameras are essential, but they only see what is within their field of view. Acoustic events do not require visual line of sight.
GWACS contributes to real-time situational awareness by providing critical event and location information to the people and systems that need it, including security personnel and first responders—even when an event occurs outside camera coverage, behind structures, or across complex terrain.
GWACS complements cameras, video management, existing security systems, and established response procedures. It is designed to strengthen the stack already in place—not replace cameras, radar, security personnel, or emergency decision-makers.
A new chapter for GWACS
More than 20 years of military acoustic-warning development.
Now expanding into commercial and non-military markets.
GWACS has spent more than two decades focused primarily on military acoustic warning and threat-detection technology. The company is now expanding that experience into critical infrastructure, education, transportation, large venues, government, healthcare, commercial facilities, and other high-value environments.
Our public presence is being rebuilt along with that expansion. More information, applications, and capabilities are coming.
What’s next
MAWS-X
Multi-Domain Autonomous Warning System – eXtended
The next evolution of the GWACS sensing architecture, extending proven acoustic-event awareness into additional passive sensing domains and mission configurations.
Acoustic Awareness
Proven acoustic-event awareness for real-world threats.
RF Awareness
Extending awareness into additional passive sensing domains.
Autonomous Edge Operation
Edge-enabled awareness without a person in the loop.
Distributed Sensing
Mission-configured coverage across complex environments.
Mission-Configured Deployment
Fixed, mobile, vehicle, and integrated configurations.
Operational Integration
Contribute awareness to existing operational workflows.
cUAS Development
Low-altitude drone awareness under active development.
Low-altitude awareness
The next threat may never enter a camera’s field of view.
In development
MAWS-X development includes passive acoustic and RF approaches to detecting, classifying, locating, and tracking low-altitude unmanned aircraft.
The objective is broader awareness of low-altitude activity across gaps conventional line-of-sight systems may leave behind.
Environments
Where earlier awareness changes the outcome.
One sensing foundation. Multiple environments. Each with a distinct awareness problem GWACS can help address.
Defense + Force Protection
Earlier threat awareness across fixed, mobile, vehicle, and force-protection environments.
Critical Infrastructure
Acoustic event awareness across utilities, industrial assets, and complex perimeters.
Schools + Campuses
Autonomous gunshot and AEI awareness that complements cameras and response procedures.
Airports + Transportation
Distributed awareness across long perimeters, approach areas, and mixed environments.
Stadiums + Large Venues
Scalable event awareness across crowded, high-noise, geographically distributed sites.
Government Facilities
Persistent awareness that extends beyond conventional visual coverage.
Healthcare
Acoustic awareness across complex occupied facilities without replacing established authority.
Commercial + High-Value Sites
Operational awareness where disruption, intrusion, or event context matters.
GWACS does not replace emergency decision-makers, direct evacuations, or guarantee outcomes. It is designed to contribute earlier, more complete awareness.
Contact GWACS
Ready to discuss gunshot detection,
commercial expansion, or MAWS-X?
Reach the right GWACS contact for commercial and non-military sales, military and international business development, or strategic partnerships.
Use the Contact page for direct executive email and corporate phone. Certain configuration details are shared through approved discussions.