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Emergency Management: A Team Sport
Nomad meets a lot of people in the field at trainings and events, where we continuously learn about their triumphs and challenges. When we joined emergency management professionals at the South Carolina Emergency Management Association (SCEMA) annual conference, we expected to talk about the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene last fall. While that was [...]
Doing More With Less
In today's landscape of government scrutiny, staffing uncertainties, and organizational evolution, one constant remains: critical operations must continue without compromise. The key question is: how? The Challenge: Getting Maximum Value from Mobile Operations Assets When mission precision and workforce efficiency are non-negotiable, traditional solutions fall short. Today's operations face a perfect storm: Fewer personnel, [...]
Nomad Wins $97.5 Million EMSA Contract
Nomad GCS kicks off 2025 with a watershed achievement: a $97.5 million prime contract from U.S. Army Redstone Test Center (RTC) for its Expeditionary Multi-Domain Solutions Architecture (EMSA) program. RTC is renowned for its technical expertise and advanced facilities, and Nomad brings two decades of experience mobilizing the world's most critical missions. The partnership [...]
Shaping the Future of Emergency Management at IAEM
Staying at the forefront of connected mobile operations means learning from, and sharing insights with the professionals who work on the front lines every day. One of the best places to do this is at industry trade shows, where Nomad can engage with customers one-to-one. Inevitably, we learn something that informs (and occasionally upends) [...]
Nomad GCS Libby Production in Full Swing
"Big dreams need room to breathe." When we wrote about the opening of our Libby, Montana plant in the spring of 2023, it took a special kind of vision to imagine the then-empty 100,000 square-foot facility in full operation. Luckily, Nomad is full of just those kinds of visionaries, and as we close out [...]
Voice to Vision: The New Era of Data Interoperability
Emergency response has evolved in the two decades since 9/11, when interoperability emerged in earnest as a key challenge. Radio interop has matured, with time-tested and readily-available solutions. But emergency operations as a discipline has struggled to adopt interoperable data in the same way, even with an ongoing emphasis on standardization and training. Now, [...]
Should You Transition to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) SATCOM?
Organizations of all types have historically relied on satellite data services to support their mobile operations. In recent years, in spite of near-ubiquitous cellular coverage and expanding 5G networks, the need for supplemental and gap coverage hasn't disappeared. In fact, at the same time as cell technologies and networks are rapidly advancing, a sea [...]
Three Drivers of Border Security Evolution
In May of 2024, the United States Border Patrol (USBP) marked its centennial. A hundred years is a significant amount of time in the country's relatively brief history. Imagine; the first USBP agents had to provide their own horses for mounted patrols (the agency supplied a badge, gun, and feed for the mount). Techniques [...]
Production Comes Online in Libby
You'll often hear us say about our Montana roots, "It's impossible to think small in a place this big." The phrase rings especially true when it comes to our sizeable new facility in Libby. Nomad has always embraced audacious goals... Now there's room for manufacturing to expand in parallel. With demand for Connected Mobile [...]
Nomad Rockets Into Huntsville With New Office
Huntsville, Alabama is steeped in space and defense industry prestige. It was backdrop to the Saturn V program that took America to the Moon, and today is home to major defense contractors like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Raytheon. As Nomad rapidly expands service to the DoD, "Rocket City" is a fitting launchpad. While the Huntsville [...]
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