The National Association of State 911 Administrators (NASNA) elected a new executive board. NASNA’s new president is Maria Jacques, director of the state of Maine Emergency Services Communication Bureau.

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In a letter to shareholders, Westell Technologies touted its vision to target public-safety communications, saying it has introduced new products specifically for public safety and has other new products slated for release later this year.

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The Alpharetta (Georgia) Department of Public Safety and LaaSer Critical Communications kicked off a pilot program to showcase LaaSer's caller location technology. The program will deploy the technology at the public-safety answering point (PSAP) that serves both Milton and Alpharetta, Georgia.

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RF Industries announced profitable results for the fiscal second quarter ended April 30. Second quarter fiscal 2017 sales were $7.6 million compared with $7.7 million for the same quarter last year. Net income was $78,000 compared with a net loss of $113,000 in the same quarter last year.

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Rohill and local Rohill partners Maxto and IP Connect completed the TETRA communications network migration to Rohill TetraNode in Warsaw, Szczecin and Krakow. The system has been fully operational for eight months and was formally accepted by the customer after an extensive period of testing.

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In a joint exercise, the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), along with local law enforcement agencies, took part in a simulation exercise to test emergency preparedness in the event of a large-scale threat.

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program awarded $1.3 million to 12 small businesses for 13 phase one contract awards to develop technology solutions to homeland-security challenges.

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The bidding war for Norsat International continues. Norsat International received an updated unsolicited proposal from Privet Fund Management to acquire the company for cash consideration of $11.50 per share. The proposal is not subject to due diligence or financing conditions.

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The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) announced a new board. Rob McMullen was sworn in as president of the board of directors.

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The Boston Police Department will deploy the full suite of NICE public-safety solutions for quality assurance, multimedia incident reconstruction, and IP telephony and radio recording. The software will be deployed at three sites, including its primary and backup 9-1-1 centers.

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