Tyto Athene has partnered with MicroAutomation to launch ACUITY Next Generation 9-1-1 Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) offering. Tyto Athene's ACUITY Micro Data Center was designed to provide mission-critical edge processing, analytics and unified communications. “Adding MicroAutomation and their Omni911 solution to our ACUITY platform is a perfect fit,“ said Fabian Plath, vice president of Sales and Business Development at Tyto Athene.
Read More »Executive Spotlight: Mark Gerencser, Gen. Joseph Votel of BENS Discuss National Security Crisis Resulting from COVID-19
Mark Gerencser, chairman of Business Executives for National Security (BENS) and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, and Gen. Joseph Votel, president and chief executive officer of BENS, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz on the Commission on the National Response Enterprise: A Call to Action“ report to identify ways to improve national resilience in responding to sustained, nation-wide emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »Tim Reardon: Constellis Subsidiary to Help Secure State Department’s Overseas Missions via WPS III Vehicle
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 30, 2020 “” A Constellis subsidiary will help the State Department secure overseas missions by providing armed personal protective services and other needed support worldwide under the agency's third iteration of a potential 10-year, $15B contract vehicle, GovCon Wire reported Dec. 18.
Read More »L3Harris’ Nino DiCosmo: FirstNet Integration, Open Radio Standards Key to Streamlining Emergency Comms
Nino DiCosmo, president of L3Harris Technologies' public safety and professional communications division, has said the U.S. must build on efforts to integrate the First Responder Network Authority to innovate emergency communications.
Read More »NOAA Receives Beechcraft King Air Aircraft From Textron
Textron's aviation arm has handed over to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a mission-oriented variant of the Beechcraft King Air 350CER turboprop aircraft in support of the agency's emergency response missions and aerial survey efforts.
Read More »Motorola Solutions, Verizon Unveil LTE-Based Public Safety Comms Tool
Motorola Solutions and Verizon's public sector segment have launched an emergency communications tool that works to integrate Long-Term Evolution communications into first responders' land mobile radio platforms.
Read More »Hexagon’s Jack Williams: Assistive AI Can Help Bridge Public Safety Info Gap
Jack Williams, a strategic product manager at Hexagon's safety and infrastructure division, has said that artificial intelligence-powered assistive technology could help public safety organizations simplify emergency response operations without overlooking crucial information.
Read More »AT&T, Nat'l Fraternal Order of Police Form FirstNet Education Partnership
AT&T and the National Fraternal Order of Police have entered into an agreement to conduct an educational effort aimed at promoting the benefits of implementing the First Responder Network for law enforcement activities.
Read More »Red Hat's Chuck Mosher: Agencies Should Leverage Open-Source Dev't for Disaster Response
Chuck Mosher, director for public sector enterprise domain architects at Red Hat, has said that open-source development can help government agencies quicken emergency response and simplify coordination.
Read More »Grant Thornton’s Robert Shea on Need for Technology in Response to Public Health Emergency
Robert Shea, a Grant Thornton principal, told Government Matters in an interview posted Tuesday about the challenges and the need for technology in response to the coronavirus pandemic. "One of the things I think we've learned is that we need to be pretty practised at what flexibilities agencies need to offer to their federal and contractor workforces,“ he said. “Technology is a key enabler and will need to be in place in the future.“
Read More »New AWS Partner Network Program Supports Disaster Response Initiatives
Amazon Web Services' recently launched Public Safety and Disaster Response Competency initiative has helped entities like the Australian government look for technology vendors that can support their citizen welfare efforts, GCN reported Friday.
Read More »Public, Private Sector Teams Talk AI-Driven Disaster Response Tech at 2019 GTC DC
Teams comprised of Lockheed Martin and NVIDIA as well as Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center have launched efforts to use AI to help improve disaster response.
Read More »Northrop, Carnegie Mellon Form AI Research Partnership
Northrop Grumman has partnered with Carnegie Mellon University to conduct research into artificial intelligence for use in emergency operations and disaster response.
Read More »In-Q-Tel's Dan Hanfling, Tara O’Toole: Gov't Must Invest in Next-Gen Emergency Response Tech
In-Q-Tel executives Dan Hanfling and Tara O'Toole have said that the U.S. “risks being unprepared“ for catastrophic events such as hurricanes, earthquakes, epidemics and bioattacks by failing to integrate new capabilities into emergency response technologies.
Read More »FirstNet Outlines Ongoing Public Safety Mission Support, Five-Year Roadmap; Stacy Schwartz Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 22, 2019 “” The team behind FirstNet, the nationwide public safety broadband network developed by a partnership between AT&T (NYSE: T) and the First Responder Network Authority, has revealed the network supported 175 missions so far this year as it outlines a roadmap for expansion over the next five years, GovCon Wire reported Monday.
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