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October 2, 2017

Blueforce on Display with Microsoft and Harris Corporation at IACP 2017

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Fusion, HAZLOC, Hybrid Life Support, Intrinsically Safe, IoT, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Uncategorized, Wearables

Every year, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Annual Conference and Exposition delivers a powerful multi-day program that consists of unmatched educational tracks, renowned keynote speakers, and the largest collection of technology solutions available for law enforcement. Blueforce is proud to announce our participation at IACP 2017 through partnership with Microsoft and Harris Corporation. Michael Helfrich, Blueforce CEO, will present in the Microsoft Public...

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August 22, 2017

Fall and Collision Detection: Now Available in Blueforce Tactical PosiMotion 2.0 Plugin BETA

by Michael Helfrich
in BlueBeacon, Bluelight, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, IoT, Lone Worker, Occupational Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Wearables

Blueforce specializes in Lone Worker safety, which we describe as a person who carries out work activities by themselves or in an area where there are no other people nearby to respond in a timely fashion should the worker become disabled or encounter a hostile situation.  By far, the largest hazard to Lone Workers is the risk of falling. While most falls are not life...

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August 20, 2017

PoliceONE and Kyocera: Every Officer, every Soldier, a Blueforce Sensing Platform

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Intrinsically Safe, IoT, K9, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance, WBGT, Wearables

PoliceOne is THE authoritative source for Law Enforcement and their recent article proves it. Every officer, every soldier, is a Blueforce Sensing Platform.  It's a common doctrinal goal for network-centric operations.  Today, we have specialized military and police dogs that are trained specifically for bomb detection, yet, a limited number of resourecs can only be deployed so far and so wide. We need bomb "noses" far and wide. When...

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Blueforce New Ideas Portal: Your Direct Line to Blueforce Product Management

by Michael Helfrich
in autonomous agents, Distributed Sensing, Fusion, IoT, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance

A core premise at Blueforce is the practice of rapid adaptation. Our national security customers face digital age adversaries that adapt tactics frequently. This requires an ability for the "good guys" to adapt as fast and as frequently. At Blueforce, we practice highly agile and lean product development methods which allows us to ship new capability AND innovation quickly (often in mere days). Customer feedback and...

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August 9, 2017

Microsoft Selects Blueforce Command Center for Intelligence-Led First Response Patrol Car

by Michael Helfrich
in autonomous agents, CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Fusion, IoT, Occupational Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness

Law enforcement officers need to stay connected and be able to access critical information quickly and easily. Microsoft, together with Blueforce, provides combined solutions that empower officers to better serve and protect, and still allow a choice of mobile devices and sensors that both fit the needs of the agency and officers. Mobile phones running Blueforce Tactical can be used to share and receive photos,...

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June 29, 2017

Verizon Taps Blueforce to Showcase the Future of Public Safety and Smart Cities

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Fusion, HAZLOC, Heat, IoT, K9, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance, Wearables

Verizon Selects Blueforce for the new Verizon Technology and Policy Center in Washington, DC Verizon recently launched their new Technology and Policy Center in Washington DC where Blueforce was selected and implemented as one of seven immersive displays for Public Safety and Smart Cities. Verizon created this space to tell stories. Not just Verizon stories, but stories that show how Verizon and their partners like Blueforce...

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June 15, 2017

Blueforce Launches Discovery Services for BlueforceEDGE

by Michael Helfrich
in autonomous agents, CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Fusion, IoT, K9, M2M, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Wearables

Instant and Immediate Discovery of People, Sensors, and Information Services to Improve Operational Efficiency Today's threats and the way that our adversaries fight look very different than in decades past. Asymmetric threats rule the security landscape and with them come chaos and non-predictiveness. Asymmetric techniques often involve tactics that many might call "dirty fighting" which can include operational and strategic surprise and destruction in unanticipated ways....

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June 14, 2017

Blueforce Command Center and BlueforceEDGE now Available on Microsoft Azure Government Cloud

by Michael Helfrich
in IoT, M2M, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance

Blueforce Command Center and BlueforceEDGE are now available on Microsoft Azure Government Cloud via the Microsoft managed services CSP program. Microsoft Azure Government Cloud is the most trusted cloud for mission-critical government workloads. Microsoft Azure Government delivers a cloud platform built upon the foundational principles of security, privacy & control, compliance, and transparency. Federal and state/local agencies can utilize Blueforce products on a physically isolated instance...

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May 14, 2017

Drones, Robotics, and non-Human Platforms: Blueforce Changes the SWaPP Equation

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

Drones and autonomous platforms continue to be of huge interest to commanders because they provide ground truth intelligence (to a degree) because of actual eyes-on the incident. What is validating to us is that more and more commanders see the drone platform as something more than mere imagery collection. If you are the incident commander on a train derailment, understanding whether or not the tanker...

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May 10, 2017

Blueforce for CBRN Response Safety and Mitigation using Wilcox Hybrid PATRIOT 5510

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Fusion, HAZLOC, Hybrid Life Support, Intrinsically Safe, IoT, Sensors, Surveillance, Wearables

From seeing to sensing, and from assessing to anticipating.  Blueforce Tactical and our Command Center products were specifically designed to enable “small unit swarming”, an ability for responders from diverse agencies, to rapidly form responder networks to counter coordinated and simultaneous assaults often directed against multiple targets, using highly mobile groups to inflict casualties, garner press, and to inflict considerable human and infrastructure damage. These...

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