Product & Service Announcements
New Pathfinder Radios by General Dynamics Instantly Form Secure Communications Networks for First Responders and Military
September 20, 2011SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – General Dynamics C4 Systems’ new Pathfinder™ handheld radio solves the global challenge of maintaining secure voice, data and video communications for first responders and military personnel working in areas where the local network infrastructure is destroyed, overloaded or nonexistent. The Pathfinder radio allows up to 32 radio users to communicate one-to-one or one-to-many as a single network, and individual networks can also link together for even greater coverage.
Read full articleLt. General Russel Honoré, U.S. Army (Ret.), to Deliver Opening Keynote Address at 9-1-1 Industry Alliance National Workshop on 9-1-1 Overload
September 20, 2011ARLINGTON, VA., Sept. 20, 2011 — The 9-1-1 Industry Alliance (9IA) is pleased to announce that retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré will be the opening keynote speaker at the 9IA National Workshop on 9-1-1 Overload. The event is being held on October 4-5, 2011, at the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center in Washington, D.C.
Read full articleIn Motion Technology Awarded Georgia State-Wide Contract for Trauma Transfer/Communications System
September 20, 2011Vancouver, BC, September 20, 2011 – In Motion Technology, the leader in mobile networking technologies that efficiently connect and manage equipment, information and people in the field, announced today that it has been awarded a state-wide contract for an Automatic Vehicle Location System (AVLS) for the trauma care network for Georgia. Phase 1 implementation is now complete, and it is expected that Phase 2 initial deployment will be completed by September 30, 2011.
Read full articleCongressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ) and Chairman Peter King (R-NY) Introduce Bill to Fund Communications Equipment for First Responders
September 20, 2011Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ) and House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King (R-NY), introduced the Help Emergency Responders Operate Emergency Systems (HEROES) Act. Together, they are fighting to ensure that First Responders, true heroes of our nation, have the communications equipment to do their jobs and that the already overburdened local taxpayers do not have to unfairly pay for an unfunded federal mandate.
Read full articleChattanooga Police Department Buys Two Leica ScanStations
September 20, 2011Early this year the Chattanooga, Tennessee Police department added a formidable tool to its already robust arsenal of law enforcement technology with the purchase of two Leica ScanStation C10 3-D laser scanners. The agency is the first in Tennessee to acquire the high-tech devices. To meet the needs of this sprawling city of 168,000, served by over 400 sworn officers, the department dedicated one Leica ScanStation C10 for traffic accident investigations, the other for crime scene mapping. For Assistant Chief Tim Carroll, head of the department’s Criminal Investigations Unit, the acquisition represented a quantum leap in the department’s crime scene mapping capability. What he could not anticipate was events would soon provide an opportunity to demonstrate the Leica ScanStation C10 extraordinary capabilities for crime scene investigation.
Read full articleAeroflex endows $1.4 million laboratory at Lancaster University
September 20, 2011Lancaster, United Kingdom— September 13, 2011— Aeroflex Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp. (NYSE:ARX), and Lancaster University announced today the inauguration of the Aeroflex Wireless Broadband Laboratory in the University’s School of Computing and Communications at InfoLab21, Lancaster’s world-class center of excellence for research in information and communication technologies.
Read full articleNational Workshop on 9-1-1 Overload: Oct. 4-5
September 15, 2011Emergency communicators—professionals representing the first connection to emergency response—do all they can with available resources to answer every call at the moment the public reaches out for their help. Unfortunately, 9-1-1 overload sometimes makes it difficult for even the most well-equipped, well-staffed PSAP to keep up with high call volume.
Read full articleCassidian Communications Announces Renewal of Emergency Notification Contract by Mendocino County, California
September 15, 2011Cassidian Communications, an EADS North America company, today announced the renewal of its contract with the Mendocino County, Calif., Sheriff’s Office for hosted emergency notification services.
Read full articleEFJohnson Names New Senior Vice President of Sales
September 15, 2011EFJohnson Technologies Inc., one of the nation’s leading developers and manufacturers of communications technology for emergency responders, has appointed Kyle Connor as senior vice president of sales.
Read full articlePictometry Names Richard E. Jacobs as General Counsel
September 15, 2011Pictometry International Corp. announces the appointment of Richard Jacobs to the position of General Counsel. In this role, Jacobs will oversee rights management and licensing of Pictometry’s vast global image library and will join the Company’s Executive Management Team.
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