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July 19, 2019

Squishy Robotics Teams with Blueforce

by Michael Helfrich
in autonomous agents, CBRN, Cognitive Services, Dashboard, Edge, Fusion, HAZLOC, Interoperability, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, Location, M2M, Occupational Safety, Police, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Wearables

Squishy Robotics and Blueforce Development Corporation are working to integrate our technologies to provide an improved user interface (UI) experience for our customers by enabling the data obtained from Squishy Robots to be displayed and shared on the Blueforce software platform. Blueforce, which is based in Newburyport, Massachusetts, provides advanced sensor fusion/data sharing capabilities for enhanced tactical decision support and situational awareness. At present, the Squishy...

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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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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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April 6, 2016

Blueforce BlueBeacon V2 Ships with Support for iOS 9

by Michael Helfrich
in BlueBeacon, Emergency Notification, Lone Worker, M2M, Occupational Safety, Uncategorized

Whether you are involved in executive protection, campus safety, or manage teams of mobile "lone workers", a fundamental requirement exists to keep track of people and to ensure their safety as they go about their day. Blueforce BlueBeacon is a patent-pending, highly secure software tracker and "panic button" for Android and iOS that provides a safety net for those who require personal protection, work in...

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