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Push-to-Talk (PTT) radios are first responders’ primary means of communication in an emergency. These two-way radios rely on Land Mobile Radio (LMR) networks to
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Public Safety Communications Research Division, along with K-State Salina and Mississippi State University
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI)- Teams from across the nation competed in the third stage of the First Responders U.A.S Triple Challenge in Starkville on Tuesday June
With the original funding for the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division set to end, NIST
The U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced plans to launch a competition seeking to advance incident
Teams that use advanced technologies to improve the quality, usability and functionality of incident command dashboards for first responders can earn up to $1
SAN DIEGO—Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) will see its primary $300 million allocation from Congress expire this fall, but at least a portion of
Phase 2 results in the Mobile Fingerprinting Innovation Technology (mFIT) Challenge hosted by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is launching a new prize competition to advance incident command
The agency is working with a popular freelancing website to host a competition to work in augmented and virtual reality, Internet of Things sensors and more
The National Institute for Standards and Technology’s Public Safety Communications Research (NIST’s PSCR) division has unveiled a new public safety tech
The FirstNet Authority "Public Safety First" Podcast
The Public Safety Immersive Test Center is a state-of-the-art facility designed to provide responders, researchers, and developers a virtual environment to
First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) officials are espousing the launch of the
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) launched the Public Safety Immersive
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced
The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the First Responder Network Authority on Monday announced a new virtual-reality research facility that
The First Responder Network Authority has collaborated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish a facility where technology
These days, most of us know how to tell where we are. Advances in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology allow us to find our location from
The U.S. Department of Commerce launched a new center devoted to the research and development of technologies designed specifically to support public safety
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, through a prize challenge, seeks to provide first responders with unmanned aircraft systems tailored to
Dereck Orr, chief of the Public Safety Communication Research (PSCR) division within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), discusses the
College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
We need to think about emergency preparedness, and one way to do that is to use both virtual and real-world data to train and equip first responders for
Indiana University Information Technology Services
The FRST Responder Smart Tracking Challenge (FRST) is an $8 million cooperative agreement funded by the Public Safety Communications Research Division of the
Texas A&M Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC) Director Walt Magnussen outlines his organization’s research work on key issues such as information