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Axon Completes Acquisition of Dedrone, Elevating Public Safety from the Skies
It was announced by Axon that Dedrone is now officially part of Axon. The acquisition has united two companies with a shared mission to improve public safety and national security by staying ahead of persistent and escalating threats, enabling faster, more effective responses, and ultimately protecting more lives in more places. Dedrone’s smart airspace security technology is integrated with Axon’s public safety platform to enable true drone as first responder (DFR) programs and to protect against unauthorized drone threats.
LVT Integrates with Axon’s Real-Time Crime Center Platform to Enhance Public Safety
Live View Technologies announced it has entered a strategic partnership with Axon, integrating with its Fusus by Axon real-time crime center (RTCC) technology. By combining intelligence from LVT’s mobile, solar-powered security units with Fusus by Axon’s advanced real-time operations platform, retailers, businesses, and law enforcement agencies can more effectively monitor potential safety threats and execute a response with optimal situational awareness.
Axon to Acquire Dedrone, Accelerating the Next Generation of Drone Solutions to Protect more Lives in More Places
Axon announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Dedrone. Axon’s mission to Protect Life finds a powerful ally in Dedrone, whose innovative technologies provide immense value to public safety and national security entities worldwide by protecting against increasing drone threats and advancing the use of Drones as First Responders (DFR). Ultimately, upon completion of the acquisition, Dedrone will strengthen Axon’s ability to help customers safeguard their communities, improve response to critical incidents and protect even more lives in more places.
Axon Launches Next Generation Body Camera with More Features to Never Miss a Moment
Axon introduced its next generation body-worn camera, Axon Body 4. Ensuring that critical moments are always captured is an important component of Axon’s moonshot goal to cut gun-related deaths between police and the public by 50% in the next decade. Axon has led the way in body camera innovation since 2008, providing customers with the latest technology to increase officer and community safety.
Dedrone Secures $30.5 Million Series C to Protect Airspace Against Unauthorized Drones
Dedrone announced it has closed a $30.5 million Series C financing round led by Axon. Previous investors, including Aqton Partners, Menlo Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Target Partners, TempoCap and John Chambers, Chairman Emeritus of Cisco Systems and founder of JC2 Ventures, also participated. This latest funding comes on the heels of a strong year of growth for Dedrone, including surpassing 1,000 sensors sold and expanding to detect, identify and locate over 200 different drone types.
Axon Announces Partnership With Milestone Systems, The Global Leader In Video Management Software
Axon announced a strategic partnership with Milestone Systems, a world-leading open platform IP video management software provider. Today, law enforcement agencies receive data from a multitude of digital video providers, which they then need to analyze and store across various platforms. The Axon and Milestone partnership allows agencies to ingest all that digital data, including data captured on non-Axon devices, into Evidence.com, providing one integrated solution for an efficient, unified workflow. With the Axon Network, customers can securely and efficiently analyze photo and video footage captured on the Axon Capture smartphone app, body-worn, in-car and interview room cameras.
Digital Ally Announces Patent Office Rejected Motion From WatchGuard Video
Digital Ally, Inc., announced that the U.S. Patent Office has rejected the request of Enforcement Video, LLC (dba WatchGuard Video) to institute an inter partes review (IPR) on U.S. Patent No. 9,325,950 (the ?950 Patent). The ?950 Patent is asserted against WatchGuard in a patent infringement lawsuit pending in the U.S. District Court in Kansas. The lawsuit also involves U.S. Patent Nos. 8,781,292 (the ?292 Patent) and 9,253,452 (the ?452 Patent), the same two patents asserted against Axon Enterprise, Inc. (Axon, formerly known as TASER International, Inc.).