The National Information Exchange Model’s (NIEM) Management Office announced NIEM 5.0 specification release candidates are available for public comment through Wednesday, March 17.

Axon and Skydio announced a strategic partnership to offer Skydio’s autonomous drones to law enforcement and emergency responders via Axon’s unmanned aircraft program, Axon Air.

Gautam Buddha International Airport became the second airport in Nepal to deploy a TETRA communications solution, following the Tribhuvan International Airport.

The FCC will consider item that would provide outage information to emergency agencies as well as improve the public alerting system at its March 17 meeting.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) must finish the third phase of its organizational transformation in order to be able to fully identify and respond to cyber attacks.

The 32 Democratic members of the Energy and Commerce Committee today introduced the Leading Infrastructure For Tomorrow’s America Act (LIFT America Act) which includes $15 billion in next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) funding. The legislation invests more than $312 billion in clean energy, energy efficiency, drinking water, broadband, and health care infrastructure.

Anritsu announced it became a member of the National Spectrum Consortium (NSC) to collaborate on the research, development and implementation of 5G-based technologies. By joining NSC, Anritsu will work with fellow member companies and senior government officials to help shape 5G and electromagnetic spectrum solutions.

Comtech Telecommunications safety and security technologies group received $3.1 million of additional funding on a previously announced statewide contract to design, deploy and operate next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) services for the state of South Carolina. With these incremental orders, the contract which is valued at up to $54 million, has now been funded $20 million to date.

Altman Solon, global strategy consulting firm focused exclusively on the telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) sectors, has tapped senior telecom executive and public-safety network expert Robert Sloan as a senior adviser.

The FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) certified Key Bridge Wireless as spectrum access system (SAS) administrator in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS).