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June 27, 2025

Mission Ready: Public Safety at the Speed of Relevance

by Blueforce
in ADS-B, AI, AIS, AWS, Azure, C2, C4ISR, CBRN, Cognitive Services, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Dashboard, Disaster Response, Distributed Sensing, Domain Awareness, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, GIS, GPS Denied, HAZLOC, Heat, ICS, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, LMR, Location, Lone Worker, Medical, PTT, Sensors, Situational Awareness

Today’s public safety agencies face evolving threats across both the natural and manmade spectrum—requiring instant coordination, verified data, and trustable insights from the scene to the command post. Blueforce and SourceFly’s integrated Edge Intelligence solutions empower responders and emergency managers to execute with real-time clarity, adaptive control, and AI-augmented foresight. Strategy to Execution: Chief to First Responder From municipal emergency managers to incident commanders in the field,...

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August 10, 2023

Sentiment Analysis: A “Lean Service” Plugin for BlueforceEDGE

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, AWS, Campus Security, Cognitive Services, Distributed Sensing, Domain Awareness, Edge, Emergency Management, Fusion, IoT, Law Enforcement, MUM-T, Occupational Safety, Orchestration, Plugin, Police, Retail, Safety, School Safety, Security, Sensors, Surveillance, Swarm Intelligence

To many, sentiment analysis is known as opinion mining, a natural language processing (NLP) technique used to determine the emotional tone or sentiment expressed in a piece of text. It involves analyzing text data to identify whether the sentiment expressed is positive, negative, neutral, or sometimes even more nuanced emotions like anger, joy, sadness, etc.  The primary goal of sentiment analysis is to understand the underlying...

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May 14, 2023

Air and Maritime Domain Awareness: Blueforce Announces Support for ADS-B and AIS as a Composable Service

by Blueforce
in ADS-B, AIS, AWS, Base Defense, C4ISR, Command, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Cueing, Disaster Response, Distributed Sensing, Domain Awareness, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Fire, Force Protection, Fusion, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, JADC2, Mobility, MUM-T, Orchestration, Plugin, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Stream Analytics, Surveillance, Swarm Intelligence

While "domain awareness" has been a long-standing requirement for military and counter-terrorism operations, Blueforce has been hearing this more and more for incident management in the public safety and emergency management spaces. Domain awareness is of paramount importance for emergency managers as it provides a comprehensive understanding of the operating environment in which emergencies or disasters occur. Here are several reasons why domain awareness is...

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April 2, 2023

Unleashing the Power of Many: Autonomous Swarms

by Blueforce
in AI, AWS, C2, C4ISR, Counter-Terrorism, Cueing, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Management, ICS, International, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, JADC2, Medical, Mobility, Orchestration, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Swarm Intelligence

By Andrew Winkler, Thunderbolt Solutions The use of UxVs (aka Drones) is growing exponentially. Their value is undeniable. For many applications, a formation or group of drones is warranted and can provide unparalleled value and moves towards valueSQUARED. Today's market is platform centric. More capability means more payload which drives the hard choice between bigger platform or less endurance. Bigger platforms mean more complex operations and regulatory...

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March 29, 2023

Blueforce Announces the new BlueforceMOBILE Command Kit that Ensures Speed of Command During Complex Emergencies (IWCE 2023)

by Blueforce
in AI, AWS, C2, C4ISR, Campus Security, Cognitive Services, Command, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Emergency Management, Fire, GIS, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, JADC2, Law Enforcement, MCPTT, Mobility, NIMS, Orchestration, Plugin, Police, PTT, Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance, Swarm Intelligence, Video, Wearables

BlueforceMOBILE Command Kit enables emergency communications, adaptive edge ICS services, and inter-agency coordination at the incident scene NEWBURYPORT, Mass., March 29, 2023 (Newswire.com) - A senior leader at an "NFL city" police department recently shared that a major mass casualty event had 1000+ first responders swarm a hastily formed command post proximate to the scene, which was largely relying on butcher paper duct-taped to a wall for...

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March 22, 2023

Innovative Mobile Sensors and Solutions for Worldwide Public Safety and Commercial Aviation

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, AWS, C2, C4ISR, CBRN, Cognitive Services, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Dashboard, Disaster Response, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Management, Fire, Fusion, HAZLOC, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, JADC2, Law Enforcement, Machine Learning, MCPTT, Orchestration, Plugin, Police, PTT, Safety, School Safety, Security, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Swarm Intelligence

WASHINGTON, March 22, 2023 – Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc., has announced new partnerships to provide powerful mission critical communications and productivity solutions for the national security, public safety and enterprise markets. Airbus is partnering with Blueforce Development Corp., Common Objects, Catalyst Communications Technologies, Inc., and Exacom to provide a complete and best-in-class solution for customers using the Airbus Agnet MCx (Mission Critical Push to...

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September 14, 2022

Blueforce Announces new Garmin CONNECT Plugin for Physiological Monitoring and Swarm Intelligence

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, AWS, C2, C4ISR, CBRN, Common Operating Picture, Disaster Response, Edge, Emergency Management, Fire, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, Law Enforcement, Medical, Occupational Safety, Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Swarm Intelligence, Wearables

Firefighting and emergency response are dangerous professions, and a growing body of research and data shows the contributions that job-related exposures have in chronic illnesses, such as cancer, heart disease, and an array of neurological disorders. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently undertook two large studies focused on firefighter cancer and concluded that firefighters face a 9 percent increase in cancer...

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January 24, 2022

Military Grade Tracking, Collaboration, and Accountability for the Rest of Us: Introducing BlueforcePATROL

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, AWS, C2, C4ISR, Command, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Dashboard, Disaster Response, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Fire, GIS, Interoperability, IoT, ISR, K9, Law Enforcement, Linux, Location, Lone Worker, Mobility, Police, Safety, Security, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Video

BlueforceTACTICAL was the first product in the world to deliver extensible, secure, and scalable body worn sensor fusion. Combined with location services, AI to the edge, PTT, live streaming video, plus unparallel extensibility, our patented edge compute application platform has proven to be the ultimate adaptive "Swiss Army Knife" for mission critical operations where situational awareness is more than just a dot on a map. While...

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November 27, 2021

Blueforce eBook: 5 Delivery Worker Safety and Security Essentials

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, AWS, BlueBeacon, Command, Emergency Notification, Fusion, GPS Denied, Location, Lone Worker, Occupational Safety, Safety, Security, Situational Awareness

It is most assuredly not our parent's world. We suddenly find ourselves in a new world where the pandemic and serious spikes in crime have implications to our critical infrastructure, our schools, our businesses, and our people. Cybersecurity remains a concern, but physical security in our personal and professional lives is now front and center. Recent attacks and attempted attacks internationally present a diverse and...

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November 14, 2021

New eBook: 4 Mission Essentials for Stadium Security, Safety, and Enhanced Fan Experience

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, AWS, C2, C4ISR, Cognitive Services, Command, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Dashboard, Disaster Response, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Management, International, Interoperability, IoT, Law Enforcement, Machine Learning, Radar, Retail, Safety, Security, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Video

Our nation’s stadiums, arenas, and concert venues host millions of people each year for special events. The majority of these venues will not contend with an extreme emergency during any given year. However, as we have seen in Las Vegas and more recently in Houston, consequences of extreme activity at these events, whether caused by human violence, natural disaster or another factor can be devastating...

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