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August 21, 2018

The Hyper Enabled Operator

by Michael Helfrich
in autonomous agents, Azure, CBRN, Cognitive Services, Common Operating Picture, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Fusion, GPS Denied, HAZLOC, Hybrid Life Support, Interoperability, IoT, ISR, K9, Law Enforcement, Lone Worker, Mobility, Occupational Safety, Police, Radar, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance, Wearables

A Blueforce advisor told us very early on that to truly understand customer pain and the very problems we hoped to solve with our technology, we had to "live a week in the breach". So we did, and we continue to do so. We spend many, many weeks each year deployed alongside of intelligence analysts, far forward commanders, door kickers, CBRN responders, EOD, investigators, undercover...

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March 18, 2018

The Benefits of Real-time Stream Analytics for Tactical Operations

by Michael Helfrich
in autonomous agents, CBRN, Fusion, Hybrid Life Support, Interoperability, IoT, K9, Mobility, Recovery, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Wearables

Blueforce Announces General Availability of BlueforceEDGE Azure IoT Plugin for Real-Time Stream Analytics Our industry talks a lot about the importance of information, but what often goes missing is any consideration of the PERISHABILITY of information. That is, some bits of data have a shelf life measured in minutes and hours, where other bits hold value for days, months, and even years. Blueforce chose to innovate...

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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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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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April 22, 2017

MEDWAR SOUTHEAST 2017: Decentralized Command and Control on a Single Pane of Glass View

by Michael Helfrich
in autonomous agents, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Fusion, IoT, K9, Recovery, Sensors, Situational Awareness

It was 2008 when we first heard it: "I've got multiple deployed teams, vehicles, scores of unattended ground sensors, K9's, and aviation platforms to manage during my incident or mission. And I also have scores of applications that I have to look across and assimilate to make a decision that impacts a small patch of the deployment area. It has become impossible." ...

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July 30, 2016

Tactical Dashboard Video: Seeing is Believing

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

It's a great thing when imagery can "say" everything that needs to be said.  It speaks for itself.  A dashboard video used during a USG training event is embedded below.  The Blueforce Command Center dashboard in the video shows members of a tactical team breaching a building with support from a K9 unit and shows the following: Real-time Incident Map: Top left, shows all team members,...

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OPS15 Dragon and Alpha Canis Training Event

by Michael Helfrich
in autonomous agents, BlueBeacon, CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Fusion, Intrinsically Safe, IoT, K9, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance, Uncategorized

Knowledge is power.  Successful tactical training is even better.  OPS15 and Alpha Canis will be hosting a 2-Day training event at their Southfield Training Facility and Blueforce will be there.  This dynamic training event will give participants from the public safety, military, and private sector an opportunity to share some ideas and knowledge on best practices from a diverse group of instructors relative to the...

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February 16, 2016

Blueforce Development Corporation Endorses Kyocera’s Devices For Workers in Hazardous Locations and Jobs

by Michael Helfrich
in BlueBeacon, CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, HAZLOC, K9, Lone Worker, Occupational Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Uncategorized

By John Chier, Director, Corporate Communications, Kyocera   At Kyocera, we believe that not all rugged devices are created equal. Our DNA is rooted in creating mobile devices that offer a unique blend of toughness, performance and affordability, and we feel we have a leg up when it comes to providing field workers the best durable mobile solutions. A big part of our success in rugged...

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