Leonardo appointed Thomas D. Smitham as chief of its U.S. business development organizational unit, with the aim of accelerating the company's growth of business in the U.S. market.

German trade organization PMeV named Michael Rosenzweig its new managing director of the PMeV.

Comtech Solacom Technologies received a next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) services contract to provide its Guardian call management solution to the London Police Services in Canada.

No time for back tracking. No time for second guessing. An Alzheimer’s patient had wandered off from a local residence into a densely forested area of surrounding Boone, North Carolina. The terrain was hilly, radio coverage was sparse, and temperatures were dropping. The patient was elderly and wasn’t dressed for the weather; that’s about all Fire Chief Jimmy Isaacs knew about him. The other thing the chief knew was that if the patient wasn’t found in a matter of hours, the weather could prove deadly.

Blackline Safety appointed Jason W. Cohenour, former president and CEO at Sierra Wireless, as a member of its board of directors.

Tyler Technologies signed an agreement with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office in New York for the company’s Enterprise Public Safety suite. The sheriff’s office will use Tyler’s Enterprise CAD, Enterprise Law Enforcement Records, Enterprise Law Enforcement Mobile, Civil Process, and Public Safety Analytics to increase efficiency for the department.

Rajant and FTP Solutions partnered to advance autonomous mining.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will host its fifth annual Cybersecurity Summit on October 4th in Atlanta.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with Google to develop and produce the chips that researchers need for developing new nanotechnology and semiconductor devices.

CrowdStrike released its fourth annual CrowdStrike Falcon OverWatch threat hunting report, “Nowhere to Hide: 2022 Falcon OverWatch Threat Hunting Report.” The global report reveals a record 50% year-over-year (YoY) increase of hands-on intrusion attempts, and distinct changes in attack trends and adversary tradecraft.

NetworkOmni Multilingual Communications (NetworkOmni), a provider of oral interpretation, written translation, and language communication solutions, along with 911 Cares, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting emergency communications personnel, announced the NetworkOmni RESCUE Award, a recognition program for emergency call-center dispatchers and telephone interpreters. The program recognizes public-safety call takers and