The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded $1,545,286 to Mobility 4 Public Safety (M4PS) to advance the development of its Bridge 4 Public Safety (Bridge4PS) messaging and collaborating platform for first responders.

The FCC announced that comments on its proceeding on improving network reliability during disasters will be due December 6. Reply comments will be due January 4.

Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown briefly discussed an ongoing investigation into its ownership of the Airwave network and its involvement in the Emergency Services Network (ESN) project by the U.K. government during an earnings call.

Specialized by STC, a telecommunications operator in Saudi Arabia, selected Motorola Solutions to deliver a next-generation mission-critical push-to-talk (PTT) solution to provide its customers with instant communication and collaboration capabilities to increase efficiency, productivity and customer satisfaction.

Verizon Frontline released findings from its new public-safety communications survey, conducted by Lexipol, incorporating responses from more than 3,000 active first responders nationwide.

Vendors from around the world introduced new products during this year’s Critical Communications World (CCW) event in Madrid, Spain.

FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington said that he supports an exclusive use licensing model for commercial use of the 4.9 GHz band. Simington made the comments during a keynote speech at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International.

A German region used routers from Perle Systems to help during the response and recovery efforts following a massive flood.

The U.K.’s South Yorkshire Police selected the NICE Investigate digital evidence management solution as part of its Technology Enabled Change initiative, to facilitate digital transformation in the force, overcome digital evidence challenges and improve officer efficiency, collaboration and crime-fighting.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University announced a partnership with the Airborne International Response Team (AIRT) to collaborate on education and research exploring how first responders are deploying small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) within the National Airspace System (NAS).