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  • FEMA Plans Emergency Notification System Installation Contract Award to Airbus Unit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FEMA Plans Emergency Notification System Installation Contract Award to Airbus Unit

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency intends to award a sole-source contract to a business unit of Airbus Group‘s defense and space segment to help install the FEMA’s emergency notification system. FEMA said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice it will ask Airbus DS Communications to supply dialogic cards and cables for the company-built VESTA Communicator platform. The contractor will not modify […] More

  • Airbus DS Communications Forms Network Solutions Group Under VP Jeroen de Witte - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus DS Communications Forms Network Solutions Group Under VP Jeroen de Witte

    Airbus DS Communications has formed a network solutions business organization that will be led by Jeroen de Witte and offer services intended to help public safety agencies adopt next generation 9-1-1 systems. De Witte will serve as vice president of the newly established unit and oversee a portfolio of VESTA NG9-1-1 service offerings, Airbus said Thursday. The 14-year company […] More

  • Airbus DS Communications' New Platform Would Provide 9-1-1 Call Location Data Via RapidSOS Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus DS Communications’ New Platform Would Provide 9-1-1 Call Location Data Via RapidSOS Tech

    A business unit of Airbus‘ defense and space arm will launch a tool that is designed to provide location data for 9-1-1 wireless calls to public safety answering points via RapidSOS‘ data repository. Airbus DS Communications said Thursday its new VESTA Map Local platform will work to check whether a caller’s device-based location data is available on RapidSOS’ NG9-1-1 Clearinghouse repository then present […] More

  • Airbus DS Communications to Deploy Public Safety Call Handling Service in North Dakota - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus DS Communications to Deploy Public Safety Call Handling Service in North Dakota

    A subsidiary of Airbus‘ defense and space business will supply the VESTA 9-1-1 call handling service to 11 of 22 public safety answering points in North Dakota under a collective contract through the state’s information technology department. The company said Wednesday Airbus DS Communications will provide the VESTA 9-1-1 system as part of the PSAPs’ effort to deploy a geodiverse regional system […] More

  • Airbus Segment Adds RMG Networks' Visual Comms Service to VESTA 9-1-1 System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Segment Adds RMG Networks’ Visual Comms Service to VESTA 9-1-1 System

    A business unit within Airbus‘ defense and space business has partnered with RMG Networks to integrate the latter’s visual contact center technology with Airbus DS Communications‘ VESTA 9-1-1 public safety call handling system. RMG Networks said Monday its visual contact center is designed to provide real-time data displays on key performance indicators and other critical details to support response efficiency at contact centers. The integrated […] More

  • Airbus Unit Launches Comms System to Aid NextGen 9-1-1 Transition Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Unit Launches Comms System to Aid NextGen 9-1-1 Transition Efforts

    A business unit within Airbus Group‘s defense and space segment has unveiled a new public safety communications system that works to combine equipment, software and services in efforts to help federal agencies transition to Next Generation 9-1-1. The company said Monday Airbus DS Communications‘ VESTA NEXT portfolio offering includes IP call handling, call routing, ESInet and GIS functions as […] More

  • Airbus Adds NICE Platform to Public Safety Tech Offerings; Bob Freinberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Adds NICE Platform to Public Safety Tech Offerings; Bob Freinberg Comments

    An Airbus Defense and Space company has added a NICE-made incident information management platform to that company’s emergency communications processing technology portfolio in an effort to equip public safety answering points with integrated tools. Airbus DS Communications will offer NICE’s NG9-1-1-ready products such as audio recording, text-to-911 logging, screen capture and Inform digital evidence management tools as part of the VESTA suite, NICE said Monday. […] More

  • Airbus Subsidiary, RapidSOS to Demo Use of Mobile App to Deliver Emergency Location Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Subsidiary, RapidSOS to Demo Use of Mobile App to Deliver Emergency Location Data

    A division of Airbus‘ defense and space segment has partnered with RapidSOS to demonstrate the use of a smartphone application to deliver emergency information to public safety answering points. Airbus DS Communications will show how its VESTA 9-1-1 call processing system can work to display multimedia data from RapidSOS’ Haven app during the National Emergency Number Association’s conference in Indiana from June 11 to 16, […] More

  • Airbus DS Communications, West Partner to Support Text-to-911 Implementation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus DS Communications, West Partner to Support Text-to-911 Implementation

    An Airbus Defense and Space subsidiary has collaborated with communication services provider West to support the adoption of a streamlined text-to-911 system across public safety agencies. Airbus DS Communications said Tuesday the collaboration aims to bring together Airbus DS Communications’ VESTA SMS application and the West Text Control Center TXT2-9-1-1 service in efforts to establish one hub for public safety answering points to coordinate […] More

  • Airbus Subsidiary Installs New 911 Call Handling Platform for Manatee Country - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Subsidiary Installs New 911 Call Handling Platform for Manatee Country

    An Airbus Defense and Space subsidiary has completed the installation of its VESTA 911 call handling platform into the emergency communications system of Manatee County, Florida. Airbus DS Communications said Wednesday it worked to update Manatee County’s four public safety answering points with 45 call taking positions that receive approximately 250,000 calls a year. VESTA is designed to support four separate locations with two backroom […] More

  • Airbus Links LMR Networks With Kodiak Push-to-Talk Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Links LMR Networks With Kodiak Push-to-Talk Systems

    An Airbus company has teamed with Kodiak to develop an open standards interface that supports connectivity between push-to-talk systems and mission-critical radio networks. Airbus DS Communications said Thursday it will combine the functions of its VESTA Radio product with Kodiak Broadband PTT to facilitate communications between land mobile radio users and push-to-talk users. “Linking mission-critical LMR networks […] More

  • TCS’ Interoperability Lab Aims to Help Firms Test Software for Text-to-911 Service; Lynne Seitz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TCS’ Interoperability Lab Aims to Help Firms Test Software for Text-to-911 Service; Lynne Seitz Comments

    TeleCommunication Systems has expanded the testing services its interoperability laboratory offers to companies that seek to test their software platforms used to process and send emergency text messages to public safety answering points. TCS said Tuesday Solacom, Airbus DS Communications, ModUcom and Emergency CallWorks completed testing their interfaces for text-to-911 messaging service via Message Session Relay Protocol and […] More