TCCA Chief Executive Tony Gray announced his retirement earlier this year and in September, the TCCA board appointed Kevin Graham as the new chief executive. With Gray’s tenure as the chief executive winding down, RadioResource International asked Gray to reflect on his time with TCCA and what lies ahead for critical communications.

Dedrone closed a $30.5 million Series C financing round led by Axon.

Airbus and Erillisverkot, the operator of Finland’s Virve public-safety network, signed an agreement for Airbus to provide Tactilon Agnet 800 mission-critical voice and messaging services for the Virve migration period from current TETRA technology to broadband services.

Airbus and OneWeb signed a distribution partner agreement to provide low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication services for military and governmental use.

ATIS’ Next G Alliance and the 5G Forum signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to further their mutual goals of advancing cooperation in next-generation mobile communications.

Airbus extended its support to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this year as Formula 1’s official secure communications technology provider in the emirate. The high-class international auto racing took place December 12 at the 5.281-kilometer Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island.

After PMRExpo 2020 could only take place digitally due to COVID-19, 140 national and international exhibitors presented again their products, services and innovations to interested trade visitors in person during this year’s PMRExpo.

Everbridge CEO and Board of Directors Member David Meredith notified the board that he intends to resign. The board of directors accepted Mr. Meredith’s resignation.

The Public Safety Communications Europe (PSCE) conference took place on the 30 November and 1 December in Brussels in collaboration with the Belgian Federal Police.

TCCA announced that industry research firm CritComm Insights (CCI) became a member of the association.