Percepto announced a strategic investment of $45 million in Series B funding led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT) to launch a transformative solution for remote, fully autonomous, asset monitoring, inspection and compliance of industrial sites.

NextNav announced that its Pinnacle service for vertical positioning is now available in fifty major US markets. With rollouts continuing across the country, NextNav said it is on track to exceed FCC coverage requirements for vertical location by the end of March 2021.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published airworthiness criteria for the proposed certification of 10 different unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also known as drones, as special class aircraft. This is a crucial step to enabling more complex drone operations beyond what is allowed under the Part 107 small unmanned aircraft rule, including package delivery.

The U.S. Senate passed a bill aimed at improving the cybersecurity of internet of things (IoT) devices. The bill was passed by the House in September and now moves to the president for approval.

The NG 9-1-1 Interoperability Oversight Commission (NIOC) released a request for proposals (RFP) for the forest guide. The forest guide is a core functional element in Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) standards to allow for transfer of calls between disparate emergency services IP networks (ESInets).

The FCC’s Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council VII (CSRIC VII) will be Wednesday, Dec. 9.

RCA Communications Systems added North Mississippi 2Way Communications and Professional Technical Assistance to its network of authorized two-way radio dealers.

The future of the Florida Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) is still uncertain as the Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) continues to negotiate with L3Harris on a contract extension and the state legislature on the budget for the new system.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Reliable Emergency Alert Distribution Improvement (READI) Act of 2020. The bill would update how Americans receive emergency alerts through wireless and broadcast emergency alert systems.

During an earnings call, Anterix officials said they have not yet signed private LTE contracts with utility customers but still expect to have two to three signed by the end of the company’s fiscal year, March 31.