Told In Their Own Words, Product Dynamics
Ken Rehbehn
Told in Their Own Words: Silvanet Wildfire ...

Dryad Networks focuses on early fire detection through distributed sensors mounted in forests. Clever design choices, including solar, supercapacitors, LoRaWAN, and up-link flexibility, make it a solid complement to infrared cameras and satellite systems for next-generation rapid wildland fire observation.

Told in Their Own Words: Silvanet Wildfire Sensor Mesh from Dryad Networks
Told In Their Own Words, Product Dynamics
Ken Rehbehn
Told in Their Own Words: Mesh Radio ...

Because mesh radio deployments create dynamic self-forming networks, providing field users the ability to control and monitor the communications environment becomes essential. TrellisWare's demonstration illustrates the rich ATAK user interface enabled with ATAK's extensible plugin architecture.

Told in Their Own Words: Mesh Radio Configuration & Monitoring in TAK from TrellisWare
Told In Their Own Words, MCX Ecosystem
Ken Rehbehn
Told in Their Own Words: Live 5G sidelink ...

Alea, Qualcomm, and Softil provided live demonstrations of 5G Sidelink as a direct mode solution at the ETSI Mission Critical Services (MCX) Plugtest and the TCCA CCBG meetings in Krakow.

Told in Their Own Words: Live 5G sidelink demonstration from Alea, Qualcomm, and Softil
Issue Analysis
Ken Rehbehn
Comms Connect Melbourne Heralds ANZ Critical ...

The 2023 edition of Comms Connect Melbourne brought together public and private sector critical communications ecosystem members across the Australian and New Zealand region. Here are our top take-aways from the event.

Comms Connect Melbourne Heralds ANZ Critical Communications Progress
Issue Analysis, Command and Control, Location Ecosystem, MCX Ecosystem, QPP Ecosystem
Ken Rehbehn
Vision 2023 FirstNet Users Summit Showcases ...

The second FirstNet Users Summit, Vision 2023, brought together end users, AT&T, FirstNet Authority, and vendors supplying solutions that enhance or operate on FirstNet. The Las Vegas event showcased progress even though mission-critical services device approvals linger.

Vision 2023 FirstNet Users Summit Showcases Progress

Incident Command Systems

Hands-On TAK

Hands-On TAK

The TAK software suite provides a Common Operating Picture (COP) based on an extensible framework that accommodates changing technologies, such as drone support, wildland fire sensors, weather reporting systems, aviation tracking, and maritime tracking. Thanks to the rich functionality and no-charge software cost, law enforcement and fire service staff are increasingly deploying TAK to support operations. To better appreciate TAK's potential and hurdles, I embarked on my own deployment effort.

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Told in Their Own Words: Incident Command Advancements from Stamford Fire Department

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Told in Their Own Words: Incident Command Advancements from Stamford Fire Department

Stamford Fire Department undertook a strategic re-thinking of field incident command tools and practice. At FDIC 2023, Stamford Fire Department showed the results of its efforts with a new vehicle configuration that boosts crew safety while providing a powerful platform for digital incident command.

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Told in Their Own Words: 4G/5G Drone as First Responder from DroneSense

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Told in Their Own Words: 4G/5G Drone as First Responder from DroneSense

In the Darley stand at FDIC 2023, DroneSense showed its growing portfolio of public safety tools that manage drone flight and link drone feeds to operational teams. The company announced coming support for drone-mounted 4G/5G control system enabling BVLOS flight.