The 2018 Winter Institute will be held Oct. 22 – 26 at Disaster City on the campus of Texas A&M University (TAMU) in College Station, Texas. This year’s programming will include the Winter Institute exercise, a public-safety broadband workshop and Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) grant recipient support.

Axon said public-safety agencies can buy the Axon Body 3 with FirstNet connectivity directly from Axon, which executives said is the first company to resell First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) services as a part of its product offering. Axon's latest body camera, Axon Body 3, is Long Term Evolution (LTE) enabled.

Police officers from the Orlando Police Department are using Motorola Solutions Si500 body-worn cameras to improve accountability and transparency. When a video is taken, built-in security protects evidence captured at the scene of incident so that it remains untouched throughout its lifecycle.

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) released a working draft of the Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Version 1.0) being developed by the ANSI’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Standardization Collaborative (UASSC). The release follows discussion of a preliminary draft at the UASSC plenary meeting held Sept. 20 in Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives passed H.R. 302: The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. The act authorizes federal aviation programs for five years.

Orbcomm launched satellite services and solutions targeted at the heavy equipment, transportations and logistics, and maritime industries in China.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) co-hosted an outreach event with the Congressional Smart Cities Caucus to highlight how new technology can support hurricane resilience and save lives.

Iridium Communications joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) partner network (APN) and has been collaborating with AWS on the development of Iridium CloudConnect, a satellite cloud-based solution that offers global coverage for internet of things (IoT) applications.

IJIS Institute created a new Biometrics Task Force to address the issues around and improve the awareness of biometrics technology, policy, privacy, ethics issues, interoperability, best practices and success stories within the context of public safety, criminal justice and government-sector business processes.

AT&T and Dedrone, a drone detection technology startup, are teaming up on a drone detection solution that helps protect military bases, venues, cities and businesses from malicious drones.