The Public Safety Unmanned Response Team North Texas (PSURTNTX), a non-profit organization comprised of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) remote pilots from regional public-safety entities, and AIRT, a Florida-based non-profit organization, signed an agreement of cooperation to support the use of UAS for public-safety and emergency-management missions.

Hytera Mobilfunk equipped Warsaw's Chopin Airport, Poland's largest airport, with a new mission-critical TETRA system.

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-8.25 Engineering Committee on Compliance Assessment issued a call for interest for document TIA-102.CABC-C-1, initially titled "Interoperability Testing for Voice Operation in Trunked Systems. Addendum 1 – System Call."

The Portsmouth (Ohio) Police and Fire Departments are connecting their first responders to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) communications network for public safety. The departments are using FirstNet on modems and department-issued smartphones.

Officials from the Abu Dhabi Police, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC), United Arab Emirates Armed Forces, Ministry of Presidential Affairs (MOPA) and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) attended an exclusive event at the Emirates Palace 19 February. The conference aimed at broadening the discussion about the important role artificial intelligence (AI) plays in building safe cities through Motorola Solutions’ portfolio and its latest critical communications technology.

With another mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) provider entering the U.S. market last month and the first commercial launches by carriers expected later this year, the market continues to be dynamic. The biggest challenges for public-safety users could be determining whether a PTT service is truly mission critical and ensuring that whatever service is selected is interoperable with other PTT technology used by surrounding agencies.

JLT Mobile Computers joined the Ivanti Supply Chain partner program. Moving forward, JLT customers will have access to supply chain efficiency improvements and worker productivity enhancements available through a variety of Ivanti’s enterprise mobility solutions.

The Project 25 Technology Interest Group (PTIG) announced Freedom, an Astronics company, as a new corporate member.

Opposition to a petition for reconsideration on the FCC’s fifth report and order regarding wireless E9-1-1 location accuracy requirements filed by the Boulder Emergency Telephone Service Authority (BRETSA) are due 15 days after publication in the Federal Register. Replies to oppositions are due 25 days after publication.

The SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre launched in February and announced details of its first research and development (R&D) projects, prioritizing water security, disaster management and advanced telecommunications innovation.