Thursday, November 2nd, 2017
Toulouse, 02/11/2017 – Airbus has transferred control of the satellite to SES: following its launch on 11 October, the EchoStar 105/SES-11 satellite built by Airbus Defence and Space reached its geostationary orbit on 19 October and has been fully deployed and tested. SES is now testing the payload, before the satellite enters service for the
Thursday, November 2nd, 2017
The Library of Congress will celebrate GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Day on Nov. 14 with an all-day series of talks on the use of GIS technology in the federal government and academia. The discussions will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14, in the Montpelier Room on the sixth floor of the
Thursday, November 2nd, 2017
SAN DIEGO – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that it has received a modification under an existing contract from the U.S. Air Force to update satellite control and management systems. Valued at approximately $11.3 million, the update will allow system-consolidation, architectural updates, and security improvements
Wednesday, November 1st, 2017
KFAR SABA, ISRAEL – Innoviz Technologies, a leading provider of LiDAR sensing solutions designed for the mass commercialization of autonomous vehicles, announced today an extension of its recent Series B funding round. Bringing the round to $73 million in total, the new funding comes from strategic investors Samsung Catalyst, a Samsung Electronics early stage venture
Wednesday, November 1st, 2017
Kuwait City : H.E. Dr. Khaled Mahdi the Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Planning & Development (SCPD) in Kuwait delivered the opening presentation on building “New Kuwait”; the vision, the goals and the strategy to achieve them at Kuwait Infrastructure Week. Supported by The General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning &
Wednesday, November 1st, 2017
PALO ALTO, Calif. — HP Inc. today announced the new HP DesignJet T830 24-Inch Multifunction Printer, an ultra-compact, versatile large format printing solution for architects, engineers and construction teams to seamlessly collaborate onsite and across sites by printing, copying, scanning and sharing plans with a single device. The 24-inch T830 printer joins the HP DesignJet
Wednesday, November 1st, 2017
Riga – SPH Engineering announces the release of the UgCS and its mobile companion’s UgCS for DJI update perfecting user experience and features for professional UAV survey mission planning. Along with the update, the UgCS Mapper (beta) is made available – a geo-referenced image processing desktop software, to create preliminary orthophoto map in-field, requiring no
Wednesday, November 1st, 2017
The Director General of the Petroleum Directorate of Sierra Leone (PDSL), Raymond Kargbo, announced at this week’s Africa Oil Week Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, that his country’s Fourth Offshore Petroleum Licensing Round will take place between mid-January and the end-May 2018. This License Round will be exclusively supported by the Getech Group (AIM;
Wednesday, November 1st, 2017
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – GEO Jobe (www.geo-jobe.com), a leading GIS software and geospatial solutions provider and developers of Admin Tools, Mapfolio, and the GEOpowered cloud for ArcGIS, is pleased to welcome Emma Krummel to the team in the role of Jr. Solutions Engineer. Based in our Nashville, Tennessee HQ, Emma will contribute to our existing team
Wednesday, November 1st, 2017
PALO ALTO, Calif. – SSL, a business unit of Maxar Technologies (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.) (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR) announced today that six satellites it built for Planet’s SkySat Earth observation constellation launched yesterday and made initial contact with ground stations according to plan. The satellites were launched aboard a Minotaur-C rocket from the
