About us
WFS Technologies is the world’s leading supplier of through-water and through-ground wireless technology for communication, navigation and power transfer. With over 100 patent applications filed in Europe and the US, our radio, acoustic and inductive power transfer technologies deliver cost savings and new capabilities to the Subsea, and Homeland Security & Defense industries.
Founded in 2003, WFS launched the world’s first commercially available underwater radio modem in 2006. The same year, the company was announced as the Overall Winner of the UK MoD’s top innovation award. WFS’s Broadband Data Link, now known as seatooth® S300, was launched in January 2007 and was followed later that year by a launch of the world’s first dual technology Radio Acoustic Modem, RAM-300 (now known as seatooth+acoustic).
WFS’s disruptive technology is revolutionizing control and communications in underwater and underground environments. Underwater radio technology has the distinct advantage that it will operate in adverse water conditions, is unaffected by acoustic noise, is free from multipathing problems and that the Doppler effects are minimal. A hybrid of radio and acoustic technology can extend the capability of both seatooth® and a conventional acoustic modem, offering a robust solution for subsea challenges in deep water. Critically,WFS’s products support data transmission across the water/air and ground/air boundaries, penetrating the surf zone, ice, harbor walls, and other materials normally considered impenetrable.
Pioneering research into underwater wireless technology:
- 200 patent applications in Europe, US and the rest of the world
- First product launched Sept 06 - world’s first underwater radio modem
- Top UK MoD innovation award 2006/07
- Privately owned with offices in Livingston (nr Edinburgh), Aberdeen, Belfast, Basingstoke in the UK and Houston and Washington DC in the US.