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Monday, June 15th, 2015

Certifiable Predator B Completes Critical Design Review

PARIS AIR SHOW, June 15, 2015 — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that it reached a significant milestone in its Independent Research and Development (IRAD) program to design, develop, and produce a variant of the Predator®

Monday, June 15th, 2015

UTC Aerospace Systems’ Cloud Cap Technology Announces New Product Training Center & Rapid Response Teams

PARIS AIR SHOW, Paris, June 15, 2015 — UTC Aerospace Systems expands support to customers with a new Cloud Cap Technology Surveillance Training & Services Center, providing education, hands-on experience and the support of a team of experts to users of its airborne reconnaissance payloads. Cloud Cap now offers customers classroom-based simulation and real-time training

Monday, June 15th, 2015

Airbus Defence and Space Selected to Partner in Production of OneWeb Satellite Constellation

June 15, 2015 — Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, announced that it has been selected by OneWeb Ltd. as its industrial partner for the design and manufacturing of its fleet of microsatellites.

Friday, June 12th, 2015

GeoNorth Expands Capabilities and Formerly Announces Its Imagery Coordination Center

Anchorage, Alaska, June 12, 2015 —  GeoNorth, LLC (www.geonorth.com), specializing in the development of integrated solutions for end-to-end geospatial decision-making, is formally announcing the operational readiness of its Imagery Coordination Center (ICC). 

Friday, June 12th, 2015

Federal Aviation Administration Grants Section 333 Exemption to Property Drone Consortium

Bothell, Wash., June 12, 2015 — The Property Drone Consortium (PDC), a collaboration of insurance carriers, construction industry leaders and supporting enterprises promoting research and development for the safe use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) announced the grant of a Section 333 exemption and a Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) from the Federal Aviation

Thursday, June 11th, 2015

Urban Challenge Looking for Innovators

Munich, June 11, 2015 — The quality of satellite imagery is improving year by year, to the point where it is now possible to read signage and see line markings clearly. Not only has there been an improvement in visual resolution now satellites like WorldView-2 and WorldView-3 are delivering imagery in 8 spectral bands, more

Thursday, June 11th, 2015

ENVITIA receives contract from HP to deliver Defence Geospatial Services (DGS) contract to the UK Ministry of Defence

June 11, 2015 — ENVITIA has been awarded a contract by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services UK to deliver, in partnership, the first phase of the Defence Geospatial Services (DGS) programme to the UK Ministry of Defence.

Thursday, June 11th, 2015

GeoDecisions’ GeoILS Intelligent Location Server Used to Track Icebergs

Harrisburg, Pa., June 11, 2015 — A Canadian expedition team used GeoDecisions’ GeoILS® platform to help track icebergs during a voyage to better understand how icebergs drift.

Thursday, June 11th, 2015

Sweden Signs Up For Sentinel Data

June 11, 2015 — With the second Copernicus-dedicated Sentinel satellite less than two weeks away from launch, ESA and Sweden have signed an arrangement on managing and accessing Sentinel data.

Thursday, June 11th, 2015

New Leica DMC III Becomes Industry’s Most Efficient Aerial Frame Sensor with CMOS Technology

HEERBRUGG, SWITZERLAND, June 11, 2015 — Leica Geosystems announces the DMC III, the industry’s first large format CMOS airborne sensor, making it the most efficient digital mapping camera on the market.