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.

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.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) selected Northeastern University to lead a consortium of U.S. academic institutions and other partners for the new Center of Excellence for Engineering Secure Environments from Targeted Attacks (ESE). S&T will provide ESE with a $3.6 million grant for its first operating year of a 10-year grant period.

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.

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).

Grundy County, Illinois, selected CentralSquare Technology’s Public Safety Suite Pro as its public-safety suite including CAD, 911, records management system (RMS) and jail.

Two inventors from the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate's (S&T's) National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) were awarded a patent for new emergency responder technology.

As the critical communications industry begins to adopt 4G and 5G broadband communications, devices are needed that can match the mission-critical capabilities of the networks. A new white paper from TCCA highlights the complexity of the critical broadband world.

Four Senators introduced an act that would create a council to explore next-generation wireless communications into the Senate.