As the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in the United States and other countries globally, mission-critical communications organizations are changing how they work to address the resulting COVID-19 disease.

Raytheon is modernizing the Brazilian Air Force's surveillance radars across the Amazon. Raytheon will upgrade seven legacy radars to the next-generation Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar system, increasing efficiency and reducing electric energy consumption.

Nordic Telecom, a Czech telecom operator, announced its membership in TCCA. The carrier, with the support of 450 Alliance, also published a request for proposals (RFP) for the supply of rugged LTE band 87 hand terminals optimized for 3GPP mission-critical communications use.

Everbridge acquired one2many, a global provider of cell broadcast solutions for safety applications, to provide a mobile-optimized, full-lifecycle solution for meeting and exceeding EU regulatory and other global initiatives for countrywide population alerting.

The FCC granted a waiver to the state of Connecticut to allow it to operate two 800 MHz base stations at less than the required minimum co-channel separation distance (113 kilometers) from a base station, call sign WNIZ788, licensed to Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) Inc. in New York City.

The FCC addressed a petition for waiver request filed by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and FirstEnergy.

The FCC granted a request from Hudson County, New Jersey, for special temporary authority (STA) to operate its travelers’ information station (TIS) at 100 watts, rather than 10 watts as limited by the FCC’s rules. Hudson County filed the request to expand the TIS signal’s reach during the national- and state-level emergencies associated with the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

The FCC extended the deadline for certain licensees in the 3.65 – 3.7 GHz band to transition existing Part 90 operations, used to provide high-speed broadband, utility communications and other essential wireless services, to the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS). Part 90 licensees that would have been required to transition before Oct. 17 now have until Oct. 17 to complete their transitions.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) provided emergency communications restoration support to critical communications infrastructure facilities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ipswich, United Kingdom, selected Infinet Wireless to overhaul its closed-circuit TV (CCTV) system to enable high-definition (HD) imaging and video. Ipswich Borough Council (IBC), responsible for governing the town which is home to 140,000 people, required an upgrade to its CCTV platform to meet modern surveillance demands for HD recording and monitoring the town center’s daily activities accurately and dynamically.