Day: March 15, 2023

ADT’s SoSecure app has tools to help keep you safe and connected during challenging winter driving conditions. Seventy percent of America’s roads are in regions that experience 5 or more inches of snow each year, according to the Federal Highway Administration and no state is immune from threats of wild winter weather. ADT wants to ensure everyone is safe and connected during challenging winter driving conditions. ADT’s SoSecure app allows you to check in on friends and family during their journeys, or while on the road yourself, by setting up a private group to monitor each other’s locations. Another feature in the SoSecure app, TrackMe, can help you feel more secure while driving. It allows you to set a timer for a specific period – like the time it should take to travel to a destination. If the timer expires, ADT will try to contact you. If they can’t reach you, they will alert 911 and your emergency contacts. SoSecure’s basic features are free and help provide peace of mind during winter travel. Everyone in your group can use the Spots feature in the app, which can notify group members when drivers arrive at or leave a set destination. SoSecure helps provide peace of mind, but no matter how much caution you take, there’s still a chance of ending up in a winter accident. If that happens, SoSecure can help. The app has a Crash Detection feature that, if triggered, will cause an ADT agent to reach out with a phone call or text to ensure you are OK. The ADT agent will also send emergency responders critical information, including your last reported location and accident severity, including G-force and speed. Businesses that want to protect their employees while they’re on the road can find added safety and connection with the recently released SoSecure PRO. SoSecure provides 24/7 connection to ADT monitoring agents from almost anywhere for drivers, and because ADT believes everyone deserves to feel safe, the basic features for SoSecure – including SOS Call or Chat and Location Sharing – are free to use. SoSecure has won five awards for its innovative approach to on-the-go security, and is available for both iOS and Android devices, making it easy for cross-platform families and friends to stay connected and protected within a single app.  

Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, has recently been awarded a $13.3 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense to further expand the capabilities of its R80D SkyRaider™ unmanned aerial system to autonomously perform chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance missions. Teledyne FLIR Defense will integrate flight control software that enables the SkyRaider Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to autonomously fly CBRN missions currently performed by soldiers’ hand-carrying detection sensors into hazardous areas. Blending the new technology with SkyRaider’s existing capabilities will allow soldiers to complete these missions without directly controlling the drone – and without exposing themselves to toxic substances. Teledyne FLIR also will design and build prototype chemical and radiological sensor payloads for the R80D SkyRaider, as well as integrate existing detectors in the U.S. Army’s inventory. This effort builds on three years of investment by several joint program offices to develop new and improved UAS capabilities for CBRN missions. “For many good reasons, militaries are shifting their CBRN defense strategy from manned to unmanned platforms,” said Dr. David Cullin, Vice President of Technology and Product Management at Teledyne FLIR Defense, “Employing unmanned air and ground assets to assess risks from weapons of mass destruction is an increasingly sought-after capability. We’ll continue our customers’ important work to enhance situational awareness for mounted and dismounted operations, enabling greater maneuverability on future CBRN-contested battlefields.” “This project also complements our existing portfolio of CBRN sensing drone payloads – the MUVE™ C360, MUVE B330, and MUVE R430 – all of which allow users to remotely detect and identify a broad spectrum of potentially lethal threats,” Cullin added. Both the autonomous SkyRaider and the new sensor payloads will be designed to operate with the command and control user interface for the U.S. Army’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle (NBCRV) Stryker platform, for which Teledyne FLIR Defense is the prime systems integrator For the base contract, Teledyne FLIR will deliver four SkyRaiders and six of each sensor payload, with options to support training, documentation, plus the delivery of additional UAS and payloads. The award was made through the joint program executive office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense; Joint Product Manager for Reconnaissance and Platform Integration (JPdM RPI); and the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Sensor Integration on Robotics Platforms Program Office (CSIRP). Initial deliveries are scheduled for fall 2023. The contract period of performance is 33 months, if all options are exercised.