Public Safety

N.J. public-safety agencies purchase records-management system

New Jersey’s North Metro Fire Rescue District and Westminster Fire Department selected BIO-key’s FireRMS mobile application.

NASA awards $101.7 million contract

Assurance Technology landed a $101.7 million contract from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites Program.

FreeWave unveils military radio

FreeWave Technologies unveiled the IM-E500, a wireless, spread-spectrum radio designed for military applications. It operates in frequencies from 2.372 to 2.4 GHz, and offers frequency hopping and 115.2 kb/s of throughput

Study examines E-911 reliability

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) now offers the results of its Project LOCATE study, which last year examined wireless 91l location data transmissions to public safety answering points.

Touch-screen display promises ruggedness, security

Planar Systems entered the public-safety and fleet-management market with the LX1200, an in-vehicle, touch-screen monitor built for emergency-response and fleet vehicles.

Surveillance system records watercraft accidents

Stuart, Fla., officials recently deployed USA Signal Technologies’ wireless video surveillance camera system that monitors, detects and records video evidence of watercraft colliding with drawbridges.

Northrop tests wideband-networking waveform

Northrop Grumman completed the 12th test flight of its enhanced wideband networking waveform, a high-data-rate Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (COFDM) digital waveform developed for Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) applications for the Department of Defense

NENA seeks proceeding for Cyren Call proposal

The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) yesterday asked Congress and the FCC to seek public comment on the Cyren Call Communications proposal to use 30 MHz of 700 MHz spectrum for a public-private network built to public-safety specifications

APCO announces location-technology project

Fueled by the emergence of voice over IP (VoIP) and other communications technologies that are not integrated easily into the current 911 system, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) today announced a new project to address the location-awareness problems

EADS unveils ISSI-based P25 solution

EADS North America introduced last week at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials conference in Orlando a solution that leverages the recently approved inter-RF subsystem interface, or ISSI, protocol to establish interoperable communications between disparate Project 25 devices

N.J. public-safety agencies purchase records-management system

NASA awards $101.7 million contract

FreeWave unveils military radio

Study examines E-911 reliability

Touch-screen display promises ruggedness, security

Surveillance system records watercraft accidents

Northrop tests wideband-networking waveform

NENA seeks proceeding for Cyren Call proposal

APCO announces location-technology project

EADS unveils ISSI-based P25 solution

Commentary

September 3GPP Plenary: 6G officially begins, Release 19 on track

Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services

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Video

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Video: Opening of the Expo Hall on day three of IWCE 2023

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