Day: February 6, 2025

Nokia and Motorola Solutions announced a drone technology integration to launch an AI-enhanced turnkey, automated drone-in-a-box solution that sets a new standard for first responders and mission-critical industries, offering enhanced situational awareness, streamlined remote operations, and faster decision-making. The solution integrates Nokia Drone Networks with Motorola Solutions’ CAPE drone software to help transform public safety and industrial operations, enhancing operational efficiency, safety, and sustainability. Dispatching drones ahead of first responders enables early assessment of a situation’s severity, helping to support efficient resource allocation. The new solution enables public safety and mission-critical industries to remotely dispatch drones from one or multiple operation centers at a moment’s notice to assess emergencies and hazards while also receiving AI-powered intelligence that can inform and accelerate decisions to help keep workers, property, and premises safer. CAPE software’s flight-safe features adjust the drone’s path to avoid obstacles, stay within a geofenced area, and adapt to changing terrain altitude, with assistive AI helping operators analyze real-time data. Nokia’s drone-in-a-box technology connects via 4G/ LTE or 5G networks for broader reach and seamless remote operation beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). Drone as First Responder (DFR) programs have demonstrated an increase in first responder safety by providing tactical intelligence, enabling better coordination, oversight and transparency in operations. For critical infrastructure industries like oil and gas, ports, utilities, mining, energy and manufacturing, the technology’s BVLOS and remote operation capabilities help to enhance industrial worker safety and lower the costs of operating hard-to-reach sites like offshore wind farms. Multiple drone-in-a-box systems can serve as a sustainable alternative to helicopters, significantly reducing carbon emissions. Roxana Kennedy, Chief of Police at Chula Vista Police Department in California, stated, “In 2018, we created and developed the world’s first public safety Drone as First Responder program in partnership with Motorola Solutions, utilizing their CAPE drone software. Since then, we’ve successfully flown over 21,000 missions. Our DFR program has been instrumental in critical life-and-death situations by providing aerial awareness or helping officers de-escalate incidents by delivering real-time, vital information.” Jehan Wickramasuriya, Corporate Vice President of AI and Intelligence Platforms at Motorola Solutions said, “We’re innovating where our customers need us most to bring them better intelligence for faster decisions. This drone-in-a-box solution furthers our commitment to drone innovation that seamlessly fits within our customers’ current workflows to give those charged with our safety actionable live-stream insights while simplifying evidence collection.” Stephan Litjens, Vice President of CNS Enterprise Campus Edge Solutions at Nokia, said, “We are proud to collaborate with an innovator like Motorola Solutions in this significant step toward a more mature and sustainable drone industry for the benefit of our customers, workers, and community. Together, we are setting technology best practices in drone connectivity and AI. With an open API architecture that facilitates easy integration with third-party applications, and other solutions like Nokia’s MX Grid, Nokia Drones-in-a-Box and Motorola Solutions’ CAPE software, we are transforming drones into daily helpers for public safety and mission-critical operations.” Nokia Drone Networks are compliant with international industry standards and offer long-lasting technology with upgradable components that reduce electronic waste. Read More

Chief Product Officer to drive joint product strategy and strengthen customer orientation in product development We believe Henning Tiarks is the ideal candidate to drive the further development of the Group’s product portfolio. We are delighted to have him join our team for this exciting challengeRobert FranzCEO of the TKH 2D Vision Group Henning Tiarks has been appointed as the new Chief Product Officer for the TKH 2D Vision Group, which comprises the TKH Vision brands Allied Vision, Chromasens, Euresys, Mikrotron, NET, and SVSVistek. As the machine vision companies continue to grow together, the product portfolio will be increasingly tailored to meet customer and market needs. With Henning Tiarks on board, the group gains a seasoned vision expert with extensive expertise in vision and strategy development, as well as portfolio roadmapping. “We believe Henning Tiarks is the ideal candidate to drive the further development of the Group’s product portfolio,” stated Robert Franz, CEO of the TKH 2D Vision Group, “We are delighted to have him join our team for this exciting challenge.” Henning Tiarks brings over 15 years of leadership experience as an executive manager and business unit leader, with a strong background in product management, strategic marketing, as well as research and development. “I’m really looking forward to diving into this new role as Chief Product Manager and tackling the exciting challenges that come with optimizing our product portfolio. I’m eager to work closely with our talented teams, customers, and partners to develop innovative solutions that drive business growth and meet the evolving needs of our customers. It’s a thrilling time for the TKH 2D Vision companies, and I’m honored to be a part of it. I’m confident that together, we can achieve great things and take our products to the next level,” Henning Tiarks emphasized. A Global Partnership of Machine Vision Solution Providers TKH Vision is a global group of machine vision technology leaders providing complementing 2D and 3D vision components and solutions. With a distinct customer- centric approach, the machine vision experts prioritize tailoring solutions to various customer needs, fostering enduring relationships built on trust and excellence. All TKH Vision brands are part of the TKH Group N.V. (TKH), a leading technology company focused on advanced innovative technology systems in high-growth markets.

A strategic step in support of Aramco’s IKTVA program and Saudi Vision 2030 Invixium, a global player in biometric access control, workforce and visitor management, along with RTLS-connected worker solutions, recently announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that advances the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) program; an initiative that drives long-term economic growth and localization initiatives in Saudi Arabia. The ceremony was attended by Shiraz Kapadia, CEO & President of Invixium, and Abdullah Alghamdi, Senior Vice President – Safety and Industrial Security, Aramco. “Saudi Arabia is our largest market thanks to strategic customers like Saudi Aramco,” said Shiraz Kapadia, CEO & President of Invixium, “Aligned with the goals of the IKTVA Program and Saudi Vision 2030, we are committed to deepening our presence in the region by establishing our office and a production/ assembly facil – ity in the Kingdom in the foreseeable future. This will enable us to locally manufacture our biometric solutions, generate employment opportunities, and develop biometric innovation and engineering expertise in the region.” IKTVA aims to establish a level playing field for suppliers through transparent processes, the creation of supplier-focused partnerships, and regular quality assessments. The MoU recognizes Invixium as a leading face recognition access control solutions provider in Saudi Arabia and strengthens its partnership with Aramco. It underscores their shared commitment to advancing localization initiatives, fostering innovation, and contributing to workforce development within the Kingdom.

Major users and Middle East mega-projects to benefit from advancedIDIS end-to-end video with enhanced data storage from Secure Logiq Dennis Choi, GM, IDIS Middle East & Africa and Robin Hughes, Secure Logiq, Founder Large scale video surveillance users, including critical infrastructure and mega-projects in the Middle East, and applications demanding extended storage periods, will benefit from up to 40% savings on video storage hardware stacks thanks to a new partnership between IDIS and Secure Logiq. End-to-end solutions from IDIS, the largest in-country manufacturer of trusted South Korean-made video tech, are widely used in the region, with largescale applications ranging from oil and gas to critical infrastructure and banking. Secure Logiq is the industry’s leading independent manufacturer of specialised server technology optimised for HD surveillance applications. The newly formalised partnership between the two companies allows IDIS video solutions to be designed with hardware stacks reduced by up to 40%, driving better value from operating costs and maintenance. The partnership also addresses increasing demand in the region for hybrid surveillance solutions, with a growing number of users choosing to store critical video footage in the cloud while keeping the majority of video store on-premise “We have been delighted with the collaboration between our product management teams testing IDIS’s feature rich VMS, IDIS Solution Suite, deployed on Secure Logiq’s powerful H series servers and delivering incredible performance results,” said Robin Hughes, Secure Logiq Co-founder, “Hundreds of real time full HD video streams were recorded to a single server whilst barely impacting system resources. We are confident that the pairing of these leading software and hardware technology products is the perfect solution for the large scale enterprise CCTV projects we are seeing in the Middle East region.” Dennis Choi, General Manager, IDIS Middle East & Africa, said integration of the two companies’ technology would deliver meaningful system cost efficiencies, and improved performance, for large scale video users. “Both our companies have a strong presence in the Middle East and a track record of delivering customer-specific specialist video solutions for demanding applications, including those with 90-days-plus storage requirements,” he said, “Our collaboration with Secure Logiq will strengthen our presence in the region and benefit many more users.”