CalChiefs and IBHS will showcase a live-fire demo highlighting how landscaping and design can protect homes from wildfires, stressing the first five feet.

The California Fire Chiefs Association (CalChiefs) has announced the successful completion of the second phase of its effort to build a new Wildland-Urban Inter…

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2026 – Geolocation company NextNav said it was disappointed by California Fire Chiefs Association’s decision to pull its support, claiming the association was “misinformed by special interest groups.” **Ed Mortimer** , NextNav’s vice president of government affairs, _published a statement Feb. 18 in response to CalChief’s decision_, highlighting NextNav’s continuous goal of improving safety through geolocation solutions for first responders. In December 2025, the Federal Communications Commission granted NextNav an experimental license for a 5G GPS backup system in San Jose, Calif., that would supplement position, navigation, and timing (PNT) signals. CalChiefs initially strongly supported NextNav’s project due to PNT’s importance in public safety emergencies, but _revoked its support about eight months later_ on Jan. 28, citing concerns about implementation frameworks and long-term safety considerations. _****Learn More about the BEAD Event of 2026****_ _****!****_ Register Now for BEAD Implementation Summit ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2026 – Geolocation company NextNav said it was disappointed by California Fire Chiefs Association’s decision to pull its support, claiming the association was “misinformed by special interest groups.” **Ed Mortimer** , NextNav’s vice president of government affairs, _published a statement Feb. 18 in response to CalChief’s decision_, highlighting NextNav’s continuous goal of improving safety through geolocation solutions for first responders. In December 2025, the Federal Communications Commission granted NextNav an experimental license for a 5G GPS backup system in San Jose, Calif., that would supplement position, navigation, and timing (PNT) signals. CalChiefs initially strongly supported NextNav’s project due to PNT’s importance in public safety emergencies, but _revoked its support about eight months later_ on Jan. 28, citing concerns about implementation frameworks and long-term safety considerations. _****Learn More about the BEAD Event of 2026****_ _****!****_ Register Now for BEAD Implementation Summit ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now

💡 ****■ New Group Pressuring Carr to Make Echostar Pay Billions**** ****■ CalChiefs No Longer Support NextNav**** ****■ Tricia J. Paoletta Takes Senior Spectrum Advisor Role at NTIA**** ****■ Ed App Founder Opposed to Banning Phones in School**** ****■ New Mexico to Spend $10 Million on Internet Affordability**** ****■ Anchors Carl Higbie, Greg Kelly Renew Deals with Newsmax**** ****■ Newsom Appoints John Reynolds as President of the CPUC**** ****■ News Corp. to Contribute Matching $1,000 to Trump Accounts**** **ATSC 3.0: Tyler Kleinle** , a tech guy who goes by Antenna Man on **YouTube** , spends his time assisting people trying to watch free broadcast TV with an antenna. But at times, it can be a struggle – case in point: when he tried to help his aunt set up her **Roku TV** last April. “Local channels from her antenna were not in the default channel guide. I went into the settings, manually selected the scanned channel channels, yet they still did not show up in the guide. It took me over twenty minutes to find a solution,” Kleinle said in a recent FCC filing. It got worse. “A few weeks later,” he continued, “my aunt informed me the local channels disappeared from the guide, and it took her several days of trial and error to figure out how to get them back. If I, a tech-savvy individual with a YouTube channel focused on over the air TV, had trouble finding local channels on Roku TVs, it’s a serious problem.” ** _(More after paywall)_** Screenshot of Antenna Man’s YouTube Channel ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now