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May 19, 2024

Standoff IoT and AI for Residential Security

by Blueforce
in AI, AIS, C2, C4ISR, Cognitive Services, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Discovery, Distributed Sensing, Domain Awareness, Drone, Emergency Notification, Fusion, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, Mobility, Orchestration, Sensors, Situational Awareness

Geopolitical and even transnational shaping of highly mobile and violent burglary rings has prompted discussion and transactions across our business. These now include repeatable "method of operations" (MO's), but also alarming tactics per compound breaches, but also armed incursions and methods that include targeted communities and homes (largely, intelligence-based identification of targets of opportunities). This is not our parent's worry of threat to our families. Specifically,...

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April 22, 2024

CBRN Response and Mitigation that Saves Lives: The Hybrid PATRIOT 5510 from Wilcox

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, C2, C4ISR, CBRN, Command, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Dashboard, Disaster Response, Distributed Sensing, Domain Awareness, Emergency Management, HAZLOC, Hybrid Life Support, Interoperability, Intrinsically Safe, IoBT, IoT, JADC2, Law Enforcement, M2M, Occupational Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Swarm Intelligence

SOFWEEK 2024 EDITION: Imagine for a moment, that you are a 22-year-old going into harm's way. You are sent into a confined space where there is a potential of bumping into industrial gases, gamma rad, and even blister/nerve agent threats. Furthermore, you are expected to make precise decisions on response and mitigation. Any ground truth intelligence can impact your recommendations given the changing dynamics as...

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November 23, 2023

Blueforce Announces Support for LoRaWAN using our new LoRaWAN Plugin for BlueforceEDGE

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, Base Defense, C2, Campus Security, CBRN, Counter-Terrorism, Cueing, Distributed Sensing, Domain Awareness, Edge, Fusion, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, LoRaWAN, M2M, Machine Learning, Medical, MUM-T, Occupational Safety, Orchestration, Plugin, Retail, Samsung MagincINFO, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance, Swarm Intelligence

LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide Area Network) has gained significant traction in the realm of sensor applications, offering a robust and energy-efficient solution for the Internet of Things (IoT). One of its key advantages lies in its ability to facilitate communication over long distances with minimal power consumption. This makes it particularly well-suited for scenarios where sensors need to transmit data wirelessly while maintaining extended battery...

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August 13, 2023

VIDEO: Blueforce Adaptive Incident Command V1 “Explainer”

by Blueforce
in ADS-B, AI, autonomous agents, Base Defense, C2, C4ISR, Campus Security, Command, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Dashboard, Disaster Response, Distributed Sensing, Domain Awareness, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Fire, ICS, Interoperability, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, Mobility, MUM-T, NIMS, Occupational Safety, OODA, Orchestration, Sensors, Situational Awareness

https://vimeo.com/835459614/c02402ee43?share=copy Incidents and the subsequent emergency responses can be chaotic, especially when they involve multiple agencies and organizations that need to work together to respond to the crisis. In such situations, there may be confusion about roles and responsibilities, communication breakdowns, and a lack of coordination. Shortly after 9/11, the U.S. government commissioned programs that ultimately led to the National Incident Management (NIMS) framework which defines...

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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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July 31, 2023

The OODA Loop and it’s Foundations for Situational Awareness

by Blueforce
in ADS-B, AI, C2, Command, Common Operating Picture, Dashboard, Discovery, Domain Awareness, Fusion, IoBT, IoT, ISR, JADC2, Law Enforcement, Location, Mobility, OODA, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Swarm Intelligence

John Boyd, a Korean War U.S. Air Force pilot and subsequent military strategist, has been front and center in how we at Blueforce have thought about and designed our technology for use by our national security and public safety decision makers. During the Korean War, Boyd was curious as to why the F-86 Sabre was so dominant in shooting down the Russian MiG-15. He quickly...

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June 19, 2023

Apparatus Tracking Plugins for BlueforceEDGE

by Blueforce
in C2, Command, Common Operating Picture, Cueing, Dashboard, Disaster Response, Distributed Sensing, Domain Awareness, Edge, Emergency Management, Fire, Fusion, ICS, Interoperability, IoT, Law Enforcement, Location, Mobility, MUM-T, NIMS, Orchestration, Plugin, Police, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Swarm Intelligence, Wearables

Complex emergency management is fundamentally a lesson in organized chaos where accountability is a core foundational element of shared situational awareness. Knowing where to find what you need can be as chaotic given that response assets — the vehicles, equipment, autonomous platforms — are rarely in one place and scattered throughout an area of operation. Asset inventory coupled with resources and capability on a “single...

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April 30, 2023

Blueforce Plugin Series: Severe Weather Alerting Plugin for BlueforceEDGE

by Blueforce
in C2, C4ISR, Campus Security, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Disaster Response, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Fire, Heat, ICS, IoBT, IoT, ISR, JADC2, K9, Law Enforcement, Location, Mobility, MUM-T, Occupational Safety, Orchestration, Samsung MagincINFO, Situational Awareness, Swarm Intelligence

The importance of keeping our first responders safe during severe weather events cannot be understated. Access to timely and detailed weather alerts is crucial when deployed to any natural and/or manmade disaster or critical incident, especially when it comes to ensuring the safety of those on the front lines. The National Weather Service Severe Weather Plugin for BlueforceEDGE provides hyperlocal alerting for a host of...

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April 21, 2023

Blueforce Plugin Series: Map Services Plugin

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, C2, C4ISR, Command, Common Operating Picture, Dashboard, Disaster Response, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Fire, ICS, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, LMR, Location, Machine Learning, Mobility, Occupational Safety, Orchestration, Police, Security, Sensors, Situational Awareness

During complex emergencies or events, first responders often face several map-related challenges. Some of these challenges include having to utilize offline maps, data layers, and other geospatial data that contains important details and/or real-time data. During these events, first responders from different agencies, departments, towns, and even states may be called in, which means some responders and agencies will be responding to completely unfamiliar territory...

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April 15, 2023

Blueforce Plugin Series: Radio Services Plugin V2

by Blueforce
in AI, C2, C4ISR, Command, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Disaster Response, Edge, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Fire, ICS, Interoperability, Law Enforcement, LMR, Plugin, Radio, Situational Awareness

Radio frequency management and shared awareness play a major role in the management of any mass casualty and/or special event. Given the inter-agency mashup that these events create, shared awareness of the radio frequencies used by the variety of responder organizations is important so that the Incident Commander and team are not overwhelmed by a constant stream of requests for frequencies used by a specific...

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