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Friday, March 17th, 2017

Leidos Pilots New Service For Unmanned Aircraft Systems

RESTON, Va. – Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) Flight Service has created an unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) service that helps safeguard the airspace by sending automatic notifications of unmanned aircraft operations to relevant groups. The Leidos UAS Notification Service is being tested as part of the Federal Aviation Administration UAS Pathfinder Program with Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF)

Friday, March 17th, 2017

PhotoFlight Aerial Media, America’s Largest Drone Operator, Announces Acquisition of Notadrone.com and 500 Feet Drones

MANCHESTER, Conn. – PhotoFlight Aerial Media www.photoflightam.com, the leading national commercial drone service provider offering state of the art FAA authorized UAV aerial media services, announced today it has acquired 500 Feet Drones, LLC and Stribog Media LLC, operating as www.notadrone.com. PhotoFlight Aerial Media offers clients nationwide with the most comprehensive UAV Drone services focusing on:

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Maptycs Launches Evolutionary RMIS Platform

NEW YORK – Maptycs® (www.maptycs.com), an entrepreneurial global provider of map content-enabled workflow solutions, announced the release of Maptycs®, a powerful new enterprise software product for risk management, today. Developed with the collaborative input from risk management professionals and extensive research, Maptycs® is a user-friendly solution that helps Risk Management professionals reduce their overall operation

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Kratos Receives $1.6 Million Single Award Contract for New, In Development, High Performance Unmanned Aerial Drone System

SAN DIEGO – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Unmanned Systems Division (USD) recently received an initial $1.6 million single award contract related to a new, in development, High Performance Jet Powered Unmanned Aerial Drone System.  Under the contract for this new UAS, USD

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Global Mapper SDK and LiDAR Module SDK v18.1 Released with New Managed .NET Wrapper, Expanded Format Support, and New LiDAR QC Capability

Blue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 18.1 of the Global Mapper Software Development Kit (SDK) along with the Global Mapper LiDAR Module SDK. The latest upgrade to this powerful developer’s toolkit incorporates many of the functional enhancements and performance improvements that were introduced with the recent release of the

Friday, March 17th, 2017

TomTom HD Map for Autonomous Driving Now Covers Mainland US Interstate Road Network

DEARBORN, Mich.- Connected Car Detroit, – TomTom (TOM2) today announces it has completed the expansion of its High Definition (HD) Map product to the entire mainland US interstate network, now covering over 185,000 kilometres** of interstates and highways across the country. With the availability of over 246,000 kilometres of the TomTom HD Map coverage globally,

Friday, March 17th, 2017

UrtheCast Receives C$17.6 million of Funding from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada to Support Development of OptiSARTM Satellite Constellation

VANCOUVER – UrtheCast Corp. (TSX:UR) (“UrtheCast” or the “Company”) today announces that it will receive approximately $17.6 million in funding from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s Industrial Technologies Office as part of its Strategic Aerospace & Defense Initiative (SADI) program. This funding will provide significant financial support for the ongoing development of UrtheCast’s planned

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Airbus Ships First High-Power All-Electric EUTELSAT 172B Satellite to Kourou for Eutelsat.

Toulouse – EUTELSAT 172B, the first high power all-electric telecommunications satellite, is now ready for shipment on 20 March from the Airbus satellite assembly facility in Toulouse to Kourou, French Guiana for Eutelsat, one of the world’s leading satellite operators. The satellite will be launched into orbit on an Ariane 5 in April, and will

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Drone Heroes Take Europe by Storm!

Brussels, Belgium – From June 20th until June 22nd the pinnacle of the drone industry in Europe will gather at Commercial UAV Expo in Brussels. During this highly-anticipated conference and exhibition, an international jury of drone professionals will present “Drone Hero” awards to the most innovative and creative drone innovations. The contest and these awards

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Launch of INTERGEO 2017: Topics that Get the Geo-IT Sector Noticed

Berlin | 3, 2, 1 and lift-off. The 2017 INTERGEO season is underway, with a programme fully reflecting its long-standing key focus – “Knowledge and action for planet Earth”. Once again in 2017, the leading international trade fair for geodesy, geoinformation and land management’s hot topics will highlight ground-breaking developments and projects of a dynamic