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March 5, 2018

Blueforce for CBRN Sensitive Site Exploitation

by Michael Helfrich
in autonomous agents, CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Fusion, HAZLOC, Hybrid Life Support, IoT, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance

Sensitive Site Exploitation (SSE) has become a core focus given the potential for executing special operations missions in or near sites suspected of manufacturing, storing, or supporting weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to include chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN). A generation ago, regimes with access to these munitions were limited to developed and relatively stable nation states. However, the operating environment has drastically changed,...

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February 26, 2018

Mobile Command Essentials: Shared and Secure Live Streaming Video

by Michael Helfrich
in Uncategorized

Verbal descriptions of what is happening at an incident scene via land mobile radio (LMR) is valuable, but the ability to see what is happening in real-time is priceless to a commander tasked with making high-stakes decisions on-scene. These same video streams are equally valuable to the operators executing the tactical action. Blueforce Mobile Command & Control solutions makes live video streams available to commander...

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February 22, 2018

The REAL face of Sensor Fusion for Counter-Terrorism Operations

by Michael Helfrich
in autonomous agents, CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Fusion, HAZLOC, Interoperability, IoT, ISR, M2M, Mobility, Radar, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance

Counter-terrorism operations take so many shapes across the national security landscape.  We have been there first hand, from Iraq to the African continent, to New York City.  Our heros in New York City present one way, while our friends who jump into new found tunnels on the border present another.  Our participation in Military Working Dog programs and how they leverage our technology never ceases...

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February 3, 2018

Mobile Command Essentials: Shared Situational Awareness

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Fusion, HAZLOC, Interoperability, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, Mobility, Police, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance

Recent terrorist attacks and active shooter incidents have shared a common similarity: 100's of armed responders from many agencies descending on the scene to help neutralize the situation. With that comes not only a radio interoperability problem, but a command interoperability problem. Blueforce products were specifically designed to enable secure “small unit swarming”, an ability for responders from diverse agencies, to rapidly form responder networks...

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Mobile Command Essentials: The Single Pane of Glass Operational View

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Fusion, Interoperability, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, Mobility, Police, Sensors, Situational Awareness

Laws are not enforced from a desk. They are enforced out in the world on our streets and highways by brave men and women who face unpredictable and constantly evolving threats. The Blueforce Mobile Command & Control solution leverages Blueforce’s patented mobile and sensor fusion technology and Microsoft’s powerful Azure platform to provide the law enforcement community with an operational advantage, enabling better informed and...

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January 7, 2018

Blueforce Named to Top 10 Homeland Security Solution Providers by CIO Review magazine

by Michael Helfrich
in autonomous agents, CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Fusion, Interoperability, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, Mobility, Police, Radar, Recovery, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance, Wearables

Blueforce is proud to announce that we have been named one of the "Top 10 Homeland Security Solution Providers" by CIOReview magazine.  In a world dominated by asymmetric threats, a split second’s delay in command decision can drive the success or failure of a mission. In such a scenario, ensuring that the right person at the right time receives actionable information is essential for mission...

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January 5, 2018

CES 2018: Microsoft Highlights BlueforceCOMMAND for the Connected Patrol Car in Westgate Booth 2009

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Fusion, HAZLOC, Interoperability, IoT, Law Enforcement, Mobility, Occupational Safety, Police, Sensors, Situational Awareness

CES is the world's gathering place for all those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for 50 years — the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), it attracts the world's business leaders and pioneering thinkers. Blueforce is proud to...

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December 24, 2017

Blueforce Announces Support for AXIS Ground Surveillance Radar

by Michael Helfrich
in autonomous agents, CBRN, Distributed Sensing, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, Mobility, Radar, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance

Blueforce Development technologies have been a cornerstone for border counter-terrorism joint task forces (JTF) since 2009 here in the United States and OCONUS.  Our sensor fusion technology, found in both BlueforceEDGE and BlueforceTACTICAL, enables sensors from disparate manufacturers to be fused into a single stream of data, enabling the coveted single pane of glass common operating picture.  You can see it in action here in...

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November 20, 2017

Samsung Features Blueforce for Coordinated Emergency Response

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Interoperability, Law Enforcement, Mobility, Police, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Wearables

Recent terrorist attacks and active shooter incidents have shared a common similarity: 100's of armed responders from many agencies descending on the scene to help neutralize the situation. With that comes not only a radio interoperability problem, but a command interoperability problem.  Reaction time is critical during an asymmetric incident. Split second decisions are required and traditional methods of pushing decision data to higher echelons...

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November 19, 2017

The Blueforce Connected Firearm Solution

by Michael Helfrich
in autonomous agents, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, IoT, Law Enforcement, Occupational Safety, Police, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Wearables

When law enforcement responds to a scene, they face a large number of unknowns.  A scene that initially seems calm, can quickly escalate to one of extreme violence.  Those seconds where escalation begins can be of extreme importance to other responding units.  What has been missing, until now, is a connected solution that leverages telemetry data from firearms, combined with tactical edge information sharing, to...

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October 17, 2017

Yardarm and Blueforce Development, in Conjunction with the Microsoft Connected Patrol Car, Introduce the Future of Policing at IACP 2017

by Michael Helfrich
in Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Fusion, IoT, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Wearables

Philadelphia, PA, October 17, 2017 – Yardarm Technologies and Blueforce Development announced today a jointly developed demonstration of Yardarm Gun Aware and Holster Aware sensors delivering real-time situation awareness to the Blueforce Command Center. The solution gives commanders a single view of the weapon status for all their officers, plus awarenesss of the officer’s biotelemetry and other environmental sensors shown as part of the Microsoft...

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October 8, 2017

Rapid Swarming: Observations from Operation SCORE

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Fusion, HAZLOC, Heat, Intrinsically Safe, IoT, Occupational Safety, Recovery, Sensors, Situational Awareness, WBGT, Wearables

Blueforce Development Corporation (BDC), at the request of Boston Fire Department (BFD) and Metro Boston USAR team, provided operational support for the Operation SCORE exercise at Joint Base Cape Cod during two night-time operational periods: September 15, 2017 starting at 1800 EDT running until 0700 EDT on September 16, 2017, and September 16, 2017 starting at 1800 EDT running until 0600 EDT on September 17,...

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