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Mattermost’s Barry Duplantis: Digital Playbooks Could Help Agencies Accelerate Incident Response Efforts

Barry Duplantis, vice president and general manager of the North American public sector at Mattermost, said government agencies should develop digital incident response playbooks to facilitate collaboration and speed up response to natural disasters and other crises. “Digital playbooks allow incident response coordinators and other first responders to plan, execute and monitor their operations through […] More

by Jane Edwards June 28, 2022, 11:54 am
in M&A Activity, News

Avian Buys Counter-Drone Training Company redUAS; Kevin Switick Quoted

Avian has purchased redUAS, a counter-unmanned aircraft systems tactics and training company, for an undisclosed sum. RedUAS offers Federal Emergency Management Agency-certified courses meant to make participants aware of threats associated with unmanned aircraft and inform them of the legalities of using drones and counter-drone technologies, Lexington Park, Maryland-based AVIAN said Monday. The company also […] More

by Jane Edwards August 2, 2021, 11:40 am
in Press Releases

Jason Porter: AT&T Expands FirstNet Cell Site Fleet for First Responder Support

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 6, 2021 — The deployable network assets of the FirstNet broadband communications platform expanded to over 100 cell sites in support of first responders’ emergency response activities, GovCon Wire reported June 25. According to AT&T, the expansion effort is aimed at providing communications support to law enforcement, firefighters, emergency medical service […] More

by Christine Thropp July 6, 2021, 12:05 pm
in Cybersecurity News, Government Technology, News

DHS Issues Other Transaction Solicitation for Silicon Valley Innovation Program

The Department of Homeland Security has released a solicitation for a potential five-year program that seeks to develop prototypes of technologies meant to counter emerging threats and meet the requirements of the homeland security enterprise. The other transaction solicitation for the Silicon Valley Innovation Program seeks to engage with non-traditional contractors to work on prototype […] More

by Jane Edwards May 24, 2021, 4:05 am
in Government Technology, News

RapidSOS Secures $85M in Series C Funds; Michael Martin Quoted

RapidSOS, an emergency response data platform developer, has raised $85 million in a round of Series C financing led by venture capital firm Insight Partners, bringing the company's total funding to $200 million.

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by Jane Edwards February 10, 2021, 5:01 am
in News

DARPA Names Top Five Teams in Subterranean Challenge Virtual Tunnel Circuit Event

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announces the top five performing teams that competed in a DARPA challenge, which evaluated the capability of software-based tools to detect artifacts in simulated tunnel environments. The agency said Wednesday eight self-funded and DARPA-backed teams developed and tested software for their set of robots and sensors designed to explore tunnels in simulated environments as part of the Subterranean Challenge Virtual Tunnel Circuit event.

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by Jane Edwards October 31, 2019, 4:34 am
in Government Technology, News

Motorola Solutions Makes Strategic Investment in Speech Recognition Tech Provider GreenKey

Motorola Solutions has invested in Chicago-based speech recognition system developer GreenKey Technologies to help the latter build up its technology, resource and deployment processes in the public safety sector.

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by Jane Edwards October 4, 2019, 6:10 am
in Government Technology, News

Johns Hopkins APL-IEEE Workshop to Examine Potential Gov't Use Cases of 5G Tech

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers will host a workshop on Oct. 7 in Laurel, Md., to discuss 5G and its potential applications in first responder and tactical networks.

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by Jane Edwards September 26, 2019, 5:17 am
in Government Technology, News

Avaya, RapidSOS, 911 Secure Performs Inaugural Location-Discovery Call in Tennessee

Avaya, RapidSOS and 911 Secure have completed a test call that featured location-based discovery capabilities as part of a first-responder demonstration in Shelby County, Tenn.

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by Matthew Nelson June 14, 2019, 5:36 am
in Government Technology, News

AT&T, Mutualink Forge Public Safety Comms Interoperability Partnership; Chris Sambar Quoted

AT&T and Mutualink have entered into an agreement to facilitate communications interoperability for first responders and other public safety personnel. AT&T said Thursday it will add Mutualink's Interoperable Response and Preparedness Platform to the FirstNet public safety broadband network under the partnership to help users accelerate sharing of data, voice and video across systems.

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by Jane Edwards May 17, 2019, 12:24 am
in Government Technology, News

Mike Leff: AT&T Helps Navy Assess Network Needs as Part of FirstNet Deployment Effort

Mike Leff, vice president for defense at AT&T's public sector business, said the company works with the Department of the Navy to identify smart base applications since the service opted to deploy the FirstNet public safety broadband network, GCN reported Monday.

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by Jane Edwards April 23, 2019, 12:27 am
in Government Technology, News

DHS Unveils Funding Program for First Responder Technology R&D

The Department of Homeland Security is seeking potential partners from industry, academia, laboratories and other organizations to help the agency build new technologies for first responders in the country.

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by Darwin McDaniel April 3, 2019, 5:18 am

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