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ZeroEyes earns key DHS designation, reducing legal liability for customers

ZeroEyes recently announced that its gun-detection offering—an artificial intelligence (AI)-based video analytics platform—has earned full SAFETY Act designation from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which eliminates third-party liability for ZeroEyes customers to claims made from acts of terrorism. ZeroEyes co-founder Sam Alaimo explained the legal and financial significance of the company’s new DHS designation […]

FAA approves NY Power Authority drone use beyond line of sight

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved a plan from drone-flight management company Anra Technologies and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to use Anra technology to enable beyond-visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations by NYPA’s drones. The FAA Letter of Acceptance (LOA) allows Anra to deploy its strategic conflict detection and aggregated conformance monitoring services, collectively known as strategic […]

Is the public-safety department model the future of municipal emergency service?

The undeniable fiscal constraints associated with local governance has challenged contemporary public administrators to achieve more with less. Budgets are stretched thin, and local government managers face increasingly complex service delivery demands from an electorate that loathes the idea of paying higher taxes. Traditionally solely a function of the police, contemporary public administrators are cognizant […]

Real-time crime center helps Glendale (Ariz.) police ‘do more with less,’ chief says

Real-time crime center technology integrated with other resources can help improve public-safety agencies improve efficiency while enhancing the safety of citizens and first responders, according to Glendale (Ariz.) Police Department Chief Chris Briggs. Brigg said the Glendale Police Department has been operating its real-time crime center (RTCC) since 2018, when the center primarily received and […]

APCO, NENA ask Harris, Trump campaigns to push for federal NG911 funding

Leaders of two key 911 organizations—NENA: The 9-1-1 Association and the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO)—wrote a joint letter to both leading presidential candidates, seeking support for federal funding to help pay for the technological transition to IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911). NENA CEO Brian Fontes and APCO CEO and Executive Director Mel Maier signed […]

AST SpaceMobile puts first five commercial LEO satellites into orbit for direct-to-device service

Satellite-direct-to-device provider AST SpaceMobile today launched its first five Bluebird low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites to mark the beginning of its constellation that is designed to deliver global 4G/5G broadband services to unmodified devices in partnership with some of the world’s largest cellular carriers. AST SpaceMobile CEO Abel Avellan said the launch of the five Bluebird satellites […]
Verizon

Verizon official outlines satellite-direct-to-device vision after AST SpaceMobile, Skylo deals

Verizon has announced deals with two different satellite-direct-to-device providers—AST SpaceMobile and Skylo—in an effort to provide its customers with layers of redundant connectivity, even when they are in outdoor locations that are beyond the coverage footprint of any wireless provider, according to a Verizon official. Srini Kalapala, Verizon’s senior vice president and chief product-development officer, […]
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