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October 3, 2021

Blueforce Plugin Series: CBRNE and HAZMAT Response

by Blueforce
in autonomous agents, CBRN, Command, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Disaster Response, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Management, Fire, GPS Denied, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, K9, Location, Lone Worker, Occupational Safety, Police, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Wearables

The complex environment of warfare and mass casualty incidents produces multiple environmental hazards that can harm personnel and prevent the accomplishment of military and public safety objectives. The renewed use of chemical weapons in Syria, contaminated water in military on continental United States (CONUS) bases, and a deadly fourth generation agent (FGA) employment in United Kingdom illustrate the continuing evolution of methods and hazards. The lack...

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September 22, 2021

Operational Sustainment: The Role of IoT, AI, and Cued Autonomous Platforms

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, C2, C4ISR, CBRN, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Dashboard, Disaster Response, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Management, Fusion, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, Location, Machine Learning, Medical, Mobility, Police, Security, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Stream Analytics, Surveillance, Wearables

Battlefield, disaster response, and public safety sustainment is both art and science; it's about synchronizing, integrating, and transporting commodities in a highly "just-in-time" manner to provide maneuver and incident commanders with freedom of action, extended operational reach, and prolonged endurance. As it turns out, the "science" of sustainment is not terribly difficult as it is grounded in basic math and computation, based on real-time time...

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September 7, 2021

Blueforce Announces EAGL Gunshot Detection Plugin for BlueforceEDGE

by Blueforce
in AI, Command, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Dashboard, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Efficiency, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Interoperability, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, Machine Learning, Police, Safety, Security, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Stream Analytics

Every day,  our physical and digital worlds become increasingly intertwined, presenting huge opportunities for investments in a future of continuous and lasting change.  This is true of Smart Cities, but also intelligent retail and smarter buildings.  This digitalization of the cyber-physical world is especially promising for municipalities to uncover opportunities and overcome challenges specific to the ever present goal of creating "safer cities".  Critical to...

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August 25, 2021

Blueforce supports Clark Atlanta University’s commencement ceremony

by James Alvord
in AI, autonomous agents, C4ISR, Cognitive Services, COVID-19, Discovery, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Fusion, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, Location, Low Latency, Machine Learning, Retail, Sensors, Stream Analytics

During the Spring of 2021, we supported The Digital Decision by donating and installed public safety technology solutions on the campus of Clark Atlanta University (CAU) to support their commencement ceremony held in mid-May. The technological solutions installed improved situational awareness as many events were being hosted on the campus. “With numerous activities going on all at one time, I wanted to be able to pinpoint...

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August 15, 2021

3D People Counter Plugin for BlueforceEDGE

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, C4ISR, Cognitive Services, COVID-19, Discovery, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Fusion, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, Location, Low Latency, Machine Learning, Retail, Sensors, Stream Analytics

Technology for smart buildings, retail, and intelligent entertainment districts deliver useful services that make experiences for occupants and shoppers more intimate, safe, and satisfying. Smart buildings use information technology during operation to connect a variety of subsystems, which typically operate independently, so that these systems can share information to optimize productivity and experience. Smart buildings look beyond the building equipment within their four walls. They...

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July 19, 2021

Blueforce Plugin Series: Tagger, Tracker, and Locators (TTL)

by Blueforce
in autonomous agents, CBRN, Command, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Disaster Response, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Management, Fire, GPS Denied, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, K9, Location, Lone Worker, Occupational Safety, Police, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Wearables

No matter what the public safety networks look like in 20 years, they are sure to have core capabilities grounded in location-based services.  A critical component of any successful rescue operation is time.  Decision cycle time can be optimized by having the precise location of buildings, core services, emergency service resources, and disaster relief sites. This information is critical to disaster relief teams and public...

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July 15, 2021

Hyperlocal Weather Plugin for BlueforceEDGE

by Blueforce
in AI, AWS, C2, C4ISR, CBRN, Common Operating Picture, Dashboard, Disaster Response, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Fire, Fusion, Heat, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, K9, Location, Lone Worker, Machine Learning, Mobility, Occupational Safety, Police, Recovery, Sensors, Situational Awareness, WBGT, Wearables

The relationship between weather and emergency management (not to mention emergency preparedness) is fundamental and can be quite complicated. Weather causes many of the disasters that require an emergency response, yet awareness of conditions is essential for management of incidents unrelated to weather as the cause. For sure, meteorological awareness can have a profound effect managing the extent of destruction to life and property to...

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July 5, 2021

IoT Intelligence Driven Outcomes for Retail and Sports Venues

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, AWS, Cognitive Services, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Interoperability, IoT, Location, Retail, Sensors, Stream Analytics

The last 18 months have yielded unprecedented disruption to businesses, with retailers in particular experiencing a vastly changed consumer buying environment. Consumers have become quite comfortable with buying online, requiring retailers to now reimagine the customer experience. Experiences that focus on building "relationship" which is now as important as "transaction". Critical to becoming customer-obsessed and reigniting growth, is technology and data which fuel intelligent outcomes...

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June 21, 2021

Tactical Video Link Plugin for Blueforce Linux: Edge-based Streaming with Shared Awareness

by Blueforce
in AI, C2, C4ISR, Command, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Disaster Response, Edge, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, K9, Linux, Low Latency, Machine Learning, Mobility, Police, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance, Video

Ask any soldier or first responder and they will tell you of the importance of shared tactical video for decision-making during edge operations. Drones can now be cued to launch in real-time for overwatch. Military working dogs routinely carry low light infrared imagers that enable off-leash shared awareness for what the dog sees even though he is 200 meters forward. Video is core to intelligence...

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June 1, 2021

How The National Institute of Standards is looking to use Automated Stream Analysis for Public Safety to improve situations for first responders

by James Alvord
in Podcast

SEASON: 1  EPISODE: 6 We sat down with Allison Kahn, electronics engineer and project lead for the National Institute of Standards Public Safety Communications Research Division to discuss automated stream analysis for public safety and the need for more real-time analysis within public safety. To learn more about the R2 Network, visit them at: r2network.com ...

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May 31, 2021

Speed of Command Saves Lives and Property

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, AWS, C2, C4ISR, CBRN, Command, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Dashboard, Disaster Response, Edge, Emergency Management, Fire, Fusion, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, Medical, Mobility, Police, Recovery, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Video

Much like military conflict, manmade and natural disasters present similar challenges of uncertainty, complexity and variability. These time-constrained and chaotic decision environments require rapid adaptation and an ability to pivot quickly to changes in the environment. The complexity of the event, coupled with time compressed decision space and the severity of the potential consequences, creates conditions that are unforgiving of error. Given the austere and...

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