Corporate Mergers
Ken Rehbehn
Versaterm acquires DroneSense, Inc.

M&A in the Drone as First Responder segment.

Versaterm acquires DroneSense, Inc.
Told In Their Own Words, Product Dynamics
Ken Rehbehn
Told in Their Own Words: FR55 First Responder ...

Zebra launched its flagship First Responder device for emerging Mission Critical Services networks taking shape around the world. The new addition blends foundational support for standards-based push-to-talk with a form factor designed for the public safety community.

Told in Their Own Words: FR55 First Responder Mobile Computer from Zebra
Product Dynamics
Ken Rehbehn
Motorola Melds BWC & RSM and Launches its ...

Motorola Solutions combines RSM and Body Worn Camera into a single device that serves as a two-way portal to a new AI assistant for field personnel.

Motorola Melds BWC & RSM and Launches its AI Assist
Told In Their Own Words, Technology
Ken Rehbehn
Told in Their Own Words: UAS 6.0 Challenge ...

NIST PSCR technology challenges help advance progress in nascent technology that can serve civilian public safety agencies. At FDIC25, the PSCR team recognized the UAS 6.0 Challenge winners.

Told in Their Own Words: UAS 6.0 Challenge Award by NIST PSCR
Told In Their Own Words, Product Dynamics
Ken Rehbehn
Told in Their Own Words: MCX Advances from ...

With its 2021 acquisition of MCX specialist Alea, Leonardo became an important supplier of MCX technology. At Critical Communications World 2024, the company showcased recent MCX portfolio advances.

Told in Their Own Words: MCX Advances from Leonardo
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Told in Their Own Words: SOOTHSAYER Radio Propagation Modeling from CloudRF

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Told in Their Own Words: SOOTHSAYER Radio Propagation Modeling from CloudRF

CloudRF has designed an approach that opens up complex radio planning activities to end-users, as well as the highly-trained RF engineers who typically conduct the planning. The company leverages ATAK as a user portal for accessing modeling results.

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Told in Their Own Words: Fire Department Software from Emergent

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Told in Their Own Words: Fire Department Software from Emergent

Emergent Fire and EMS Software integrates data sources with fire service data applications to aid vehicle fleet management and fire incident command management. The software suite's incident command capabilities are feature-rich and come as a standard component of the company's offering. 

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Told in Their Own Words:Air Support Operating System from Aerodome

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Told in Their Own Words:Air Support Operating System from Aerodome

In this live demonstration of DFR support, Aerodome highlights its integrations with remote Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) robotic docks, Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), and airspace monitoring systems that include ADSB and radar.

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Told in Their Own Words: Broadcast Camera Video over Open API 5G Slices from Ericsson and Sony

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Told in Their Own Words: Broadcast Camera Video over Open API 5G Slices from Ericsson and Sony

Broadcasters need mobility to capture the dynamic activity at the Olympics and FIFA events. Here, Ericsson shows how new open network APIs allow the dynamic assignment of 5G slice performance to a live camera supported by the Sony PDT-FP1 Portable Data Transmitter.

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Told in Their Own Words: Silvanet Wildfire Sensor Mesh from Dryad Networks

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Told in Their Own Words: Silvanet Wildfire Sensor Mesh from Dryad Networks

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.

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FirstNet Outage in United States shows why PACE Plans Matter

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FirstNet Outage in United States shows why PACE Plans Matter

On 22 February 2024, AT&T users across the nation experienced failed cellular service, reportedly including FirstNet users. This episode is just one more incident in a steady beat of major national system failures around the globe. What does that mean for emergency services organizations?

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Told in Their Own Words: Mesh Radio Configuration & Monitoring in TAK from TrellisWare

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Told in Their Own Words: Mesh Radio Configuration & Monitoring in TAK from TrellisWare

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.

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Told in Their Own Words: Multi-technology Link Resilience from Dejero

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Told in Their Own Words: Multi-technology Link Resilience from Dejero

An essential enabler of the strategy is support for multiple resilient links that include several mobile network operators and satellite services. On the exhibition floor, Dejero highlighted its unique capabilities for bonding data streams across these parallel communications links.

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Told in Their Own Words: Live 5G sidelink demonstration from Alea, Qualcomm, and Softil

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Told in Their Own Words: Live 5G sidelink demonstration from Alea, Qualcomm, and Softil

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.