Paul McGinn was named CEO of Connectivity Wireless, and Stephen Bye returned to the board of directors.

The international ResponDrone Project, which is developing a situational awareness system for emergency situations, will hold a special design thinking workshop, bringing together industrial, technological and end-user partners of the consortium. The workshop will be held in Thessaloniki, Greece, 12 – 13 November.

A command-and-control system from Zetron was selected to provide communications solutions to and between Australia’s research stations in Antarctica. The competitive bid process for integrated radio console systems, equipment and support services was awarded to AA Radio Services, a Melbourne, Australia-based Zetron partner and reseller

Sierra Wireless reported results for its third quarter ended Sept. 30. Revenue for the third quarter was $174 million compared with $203.4 million in the third quarter of 2018.

Barrett Communications was been awarded a multiyear contract to supply the Canadian National Defence Department (DND) with VHF radio communications equipment.

Zebra Technologies acquired Cortexica Vision Systems, a London-based business-to-business (B2B) computer vision-based artificial intelligence (AI) solutions.

The FCC granted a petition filed by El Paso County, Colorado, in part and denied it in part. The commission dismissed a request for extension of time to construct.

Nedaa, the Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), government secure networks provider, and South Korea’s Safe-Net Forum partnered to work toward the progression of network deployment.

The Angeles National Forest (ANF) agreed to lease 13 sites in the national forest for installation of the LMR system operated by the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) Authority.

The lack of standardized training and certification is the top issue hampering public-safety drone operations, according to DRONERESPONDERS. The finding is from a double-validated research initiative based on survey data, as well as live focus group feedback conducted during last week’s U.S. Public Safety UAS Summit in Las Vegas.