Qualcomm demonstrates security technology

Qualcomm Inc has furthered its commitment to establishing transportation security standards by demonstrating security features of its OmniTRACS satellite-based mobile communications and tracking system at a Washington DC event.

Participants viewed live demonstrations of a truck equipped with satellite-based mobile communications and position-tracking systems, and associated safety and security technology. This includes emergency notification panic buttons, driver ID authentication, and tamper detection alerts, as well as several different prototype technologies for disabling a truck in case of an emergency, either remotely via communication or triggered by events in the vehicle.

Congressional and DOT attendees included Rep Thomas Petri, chairman of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee; Rep Mike Rogers, co-chair of the Intelligent Transportation Systems Caucus; Randy “Duke” Cunningham, who serves on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and the Select Committee on Intelligence; Sen Conrad Burns, who serves on the Surface Transportation Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee, Science & Transportation Committee, and the Senate Appropriations Committee; and DOT's Research and Special Programs Administrator Ellen Engleman.