Defense Department wants to learn about communication technology used by state and local governments and see how it would work within the DoD

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The Defense Information Systems Agency hopes to learn about new technologies and capabilities employed within the commercial sector currently being deployed by state and municipal public safety communications environments, the agency announced.

DISA will consider adding some of the technologies to the DoD communications ecosystem. 

DISA is looking to gather rough pricing information for the technologies to assist with budget estimates. The agency also wants information on innovative strategies for the development of a distributed architecture that will support the future DoD public safety communications enterprise, according to the announcement.

The technology DISA is interested in includes: 

  • Establishing a DoD Information Network (DoDIN)-hosted Emergency Services Intranet (ESInet) with Location-Based Routing; 
  • Upgrade legacy Time Division Multiplex (TDM) 911/E911 Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) systems to Internet Protocol (IP)-based Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG911) systems with integrated Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) capabilities; 
  • Establish an enterprise Emergency Mass Warning Notification (EMWN) solution that supports all DoD; 
  • Upgrade legacy Land Mobile Radio (LMR) networks to interconnect to PSC IP interfaces; and 
  • Upgrading of legacy Burglar and Fire Alarm Panels from using Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) dial-up lines to employing IP over Ethernet or wireless Long Term Evolution (LTE) radio modems.  

DISA is in the process of finalizing an optimal enterprise strategy for DoD owned and operated public safety answering points, and the information to be acquired via this process will greatly assist in this initiative. It is expected that these upgrades will be initially fielded in the late FY22/early FY23 timeframe.

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Published by Doug Beizer