The FirstNet Authority has a long-standing history of partnering with NIST’s Public Safety Communications Research division (PSCR). Since 2022, the FirstNet Authority has also provided PSCR with facility space to design and build the NIST Public Safety Immersive Test Center (PSITC), where PSCR conducts immersive public safety standards and measurements testing.

PSCR’s researchers at the PSITC are looking at various technologies that may support public safety operations and communications in the next 5 to 20 years, such as virtual reality, augmented reality, fingerprint technology, location services, uncrewed aircraft systems, and voice and audio quality technologies.

To learn more about the space, please visit PSCR’s website.