News From Mission Critical Communications Magazine
- System to Increase GPS Accuracy Receives New Payload June 21, 2018The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Geosynchronous Earth Orbiting 5 (GEO 5) Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) navigation payload, developed by Raytheon, is now operational and fully integrated into the WAAS network. read more
News From Urgent Communications Magazine
- Hytera: Steve Cragg describes use cases for new E-pack portable DMR repeater August 15, 2018Steve Cragg, vice president of Hytera America, showcases the company’s new E-pack, a portable DMR repeater that can be carried and deployed quickly in locations where fixed terrestrial coverage is unavailable. In addition, the repeaters include 10 hours of battery power and can talk to each other, enabling the establishment of an ad-hoc network when […]
- Newscan: UK Home Office makes progress toward new ESN product and service timeline August 15, 2018Web Roundup Items from other news organizations UK Home Office makes progress toward new ESN product and service timeline Statewide 911 system outage blamed on third-party vendor read more
- VNC: Keith Kaczmarek showcases IOPS-compliant Band 14 LTE network in an 8-pound backpack August 15, 2018Keith Kaczmarek, Virtualnetcom (VNC) board member and senior vice president of strategy, explains how VNC's RAID Direct Access Response Terminal can be carried easily by first responders to provide a "bubble" of LTE coverage in locations where terrestrial networks are unavailable. read more
Department Of Homeland Security News
- DHS Hosts National Exercise on Election Security August 15, 2018The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hosted the “Tabletop the Vote 2018: DHS’ National Election Cyber Exercise,” a three-day, first-of-its-kind exercise to assist DHS and our federal partners, state and local election officials, and private vendors in identifying best practices and areas for improvement in cyber incident planning, preparedness, identification, response, and recovery. Through tabletop […]