FAA Issues General Aviation Medical Rule (BasicMed)

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today issued a final rule (PDF) that allows general aviation pilots to fly without holding an FAA medical certificate as long as they meet certain requirements outlined...

NYPD Det. McDonald, Messenger of Forgiveness, Dies at 59 (Video)

By The Daily News NYPD Officer Steven McDonald, left for dead by a teen gunman, never heard the prognosis of his imminent demise. The paralyzed cop miraculously survived for the next three decades,...

FedID 2017 Joins AFCEA’s Homeland Security Conference (Learn More)

The Global Identity Summit is evolving into the Federal Identity Forum & Exposition (FedID 2017). The move bolsters the event as the U.S. federal government’s primary outreach and collaboration-building event with...

Senate Committee Approves Tillerson for Secretary of State (Learn More)

By Nicole Gaouette, CNN Former ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson won the backing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Monday to be secretary of state when it voted 11-10 to send his...

Top Public Safety Tech Trends for 2017, Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure

By Kalyn Sims, Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure Year over year, the pace of technology innovation is accelerating. Not too long ago, cloud and mobile technologies were the way of the future. Today, cloud...

GPA Deploys TASER X2 Weapons for All Patrol Troopers (See in Action)

TASER International has received an order for 800 TASER® X2™ Smart Weapons to outfit all patrol members of the Georgia Department of Public Safety. This order was received and anticipated to ship in the...

Trump Not First President to Ban Foreigners. Why Different This Time?

By Anita Kumar, McClatchy DC Bureau Donald Trump’s travel ban isn’t new. Six of the last seven presidents, both Republicans and Democrats, have relied on the same federal law to keep certain groups...

ICE-led Probe Leads to Arrest of 10 Alleged Gang Members (Learn More)

A federal grand jury indicted 10 alleged Northern California gang members for conspiring to commit extortion by force and conspiring to engage in drug trafficking following an intensive five-year probe by...

Plan B Evacuation Coord at Chelsea Pier in Response to Growing Demand

Plan B Marine is leasing additional slips at Chelsea Pier, to expand it’s emergency maritime evacuation services from Manhattan, ensuring individuals and businesses have more ways off the island should the need arise. "There's...

TiaLinx Features ‘Sense-Through’ Unmanned Products at IDEX-2017

TiaLinx, a developer of multi-spectra sensors integrated with drones and land robots, will be showcasing its Eagle5 and Lynx10 family of products at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX-2017) in...