Flylogix and Cambridge Consultants announced a collaboration that will exploit Iridium’s satellite communications to safely control unmanned aerial systems (UAS) from a central control hub. This will enable Flylogix to move from local drone piloting at the airfield to centrally controlled operations, increasing the resilience of their services to offshore installations.

Ericsson reported second quarterly results with flat organic sales and an improved gross margin year over year to 38.2% (36.7%), including negative effects from strategic contracts. Free cash flow before mergers and acquisitions (M&A) also improved.

The Qumu board of directors appointed TJ Kennedy president and CEO. Kennedy will succeed Vern Hanzlik, who stepped down as president and CEO and as a director of the company to pursue other interests.

The General Inspectorate for the Romanian Police, the national police force and main civil law enforcement agency in Romania, signed a contract with Motorola Solutions for an integrated body-worn camera solution that consists of 12,000 body-worn cameras including back-end VideoManager software.

Rajant entered a strategic distribution agreement with Norway’s Emcom, a Scandinavian channel distributor and solutions advisor of antennas, routers, sensors, industrial network products and cellular solutions.

HigherGround introduced Live911, a solution to securely livestream 9-1-1 emergency calls directly to authorized officers in the field and provide precise GPS map location of the caller.

Fairfax County (Virginia) Department of Public Safety Communications (DPSC), the county’s 9-1-1 center and largest public-safety answering point (PSAP) in Virginia, transitioned to an emergency services IP network (ESINet) from AT&T. The National Capital Region will now have next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) for better call routing accuracy and reduced response times.

Avaya and Komutel, in close collaboration with Combat Networks, Bell Canada and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted the first next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) test call transfer in Canada. NG 9-1-1 carries the promise of more effective call handling for public-safety personnel with the goal of improving outcomes in emergency situations, including those that are life-threatening.

Next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) went live May 20 in Elko County, Nevada and May 22 in West Wendover, Nevada. The public-safety answering points (PSAPs) cut over for the sixth-largest county in the nation with a population traversing 17,000 square miles to the new cloud-based NG 9-1-1 emergency service IP network (ESInet) and call processing equipment (CPE) solution marks the first of its kind.

Motorola Solutions launched WAVE PTX, a subscription-based group communications service that delivers voice and multimedia content via broadband and Wi-Fi. The service is currently available in the U.K., European Union and Mexico.