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["irvin lichtenstein" <ilichten1@verizon.net>]

From: Vasko, Christopher M [mailto:chris.vasko@vencore.com]
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 9:04 AM
To: 'irvin lichtenstein'
Subject: First Responder App Challenge

 

Irv,

 

Thanks for the call yesterday, very much enjoyed conversation and hearing your insights.  Here are some thoughts on what to include in an email to your group.  We can iterate on it to help improve clarity of request.  Thanks and have a great Labor Day weekend.

 

Project Description:

Vencore is conducting a First Responder Application Challenge to develop predictive analytic products and mobile applications that can significantly improve the operational capability of first responders.  Vencore will work with vendors and universities to build software applications that use a variety of real time remote sensing data, field data, GIS tools and other content to create online applications for mobile smartphones, tablets and other devices.   Products will be delivered through an operational “application ecosystem” which will allow first responders and developers to work together in a virtual environment designed specifically for delivery of effective, tailored first responder applications.

 

Needs:

Vencore is soliciting needs from the first responder community for applications that can significantly improve your operational mission.  Specifically, Vencore is interested in needs that can benefit from predictive analytics and the use of real time data feeds from any source including land, sea, air and space.  Participating first responders should focus on “out of the box” ideas that are not constrained by cost, communication issues or any other current problems executing missions in the field.  Our intent is to use vendors and content sources that can overcome any of these challenges using the most advanced technologies available in the market.

 

Predictive analytic products are those that can provide some level of future behavior or events that can help first responders plan activities or avoid perils.  Examples include predicting where lost people may be found based on terrain and human behavior, searching for small fires using forest service capabilities or any others.