Monday, July 11th, 2016
Herndon, Virginia, July 11, 2016 —The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is excited to announce two additions to its Board of Directors—Dr. L. Roger Mason Jr. and Carmen Medina. Both Mason and Medina began their three-year terms in June. USGIF’s Board now includes 27 directors representing the many aspects of the broad and expanding
Monday, July 11th, 2016
FARNBOROUGH, England, July 11, 2016 — UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), announced the award of a study contract to complete the integration of its MS-177 sensor system into the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS). Awarded by Lockheed Martin, the contract will support the USAF and
Monday, July 11th, 2016
FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW, July 11, 2016 — UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), was awarded a contract to support the integration and testing of the MS-177 multi-spectral imaging (MSI) and long-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) sensor onto the Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Adding
Monday, July 11th, 2016
Ordnance Survey (OS) and CompeGPS are pleased to announce a new partnership to release a range of outdoor activity GPS units. The exciting move is being made ahead of the leading international trade fair, the OutDoor Show in Friedrichshafen, where the new GPS units will be unveiled for the first time. As leading brands in their
Friday, July 8th, 2016
Graz, Austria and Lokeren, Belgium, July 8, 2016 — Vexcel Imaging has signed an agreement with Orbit GT as a new Reseller of Orbit GT Oblique, Mobile Mapping and Indoor Mapping software products. Alexander Wiechert, CEO of Vexcel Imaging, is looking forward to the partnership: “After the first meeting with the Orbit GT team, we immediately
Friday, July 8th, 2016
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – A pair of University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) researchers aim to explore fundamental properties of infrasonic optical sensors that could make them more sensitive and accurate over long distances. The results of their research, which combines experiments and theoretical modeling, could impact future operation of these sensors in areas ranging from
Friday, July 8th, 2016
Belgium, Leuven – Luciad today announces its 2016 User Conference, the premier event for geospatial professionals and developers from the Aviation, Defence, Maritime, Safety & Security and Utilities & Logistics sectors on September 28th & 29th at Square – the Brussels Meeting Centre. Over 200 geospatial professionals will come together for two days of presentations
Friday, July 8th, 2016
ESA and China have launched the fourth phase of the collaborative Dragon programme in Wuhan City, on the Yangtze River, which recently experienced major floods witnessed by Europe’s Sentinel-1 satellite. ESA and representatives of China’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) met in Wuhan to sign the cooperation agreement, which begins the fourth phase of
Friday, July 8th, 2016
Redlands, California —In its inaugural edition of “The Business Insider 100: The Creators,” Business Insider has named Esri cofounders Jack and Laura Dangermond among the top 100 business visionaries creating value for the world. They are joined on the list by leaders from established businesses such as Apple, General Motors, and Ikea, as well as upstarts
Friday, July 8th, 2016
Herndon, Virginia —Bringing together more than 3,500 attendees and 265 exhibiting organizations, the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) hosted its GEOINT 2016 Symposium for the global GEOINT Community to discuss opportunities and solve challenges. GEOINT 2016, held May 15-18, at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., was the 12th annual
