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Saturday, February 13th, 2016

Intermap Executes US$175 Million Orion Platform Spatial Data Infrastructure Contract

DENVER, CO,  — Intermap Technologies Corporation (“Intermap” or the “Company”), (TSX: IMP), (ITMSF: BB), a leading provider of geospatial solutions, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements (collectively, the “Contract”), pertaining to the previously announced letter of award (see June 22, 2015, September 29, 2015, and December 31, 2015, press releases) for the creation,

Saturday, February 13th, 2016

Aerojet Rocketdyne Continues New Year with Placement of Navigation Satellite into Orbit for U.S. Military

SACRAMENTO, Calif.,— Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), continues the New Year with the successful placement of the last in a block of 12 Global Positioning Systems (GPS IIF) navigation satellites into orbit for the U.S. Air Force. This last mission was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida

Saturday, February 13th, 2016

Orbital ATK to Feature Advanced Products and Capabilities at Singapore Airshow 2016

DULLES, Va. —Orbital ATK, Inc. (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, will exhibit a wide range of the company’s products and advanced capabilities during the Singapore Airshow 2016. The biennial airshow takes place at the Changi Exhibition Centre, February 16-21, 2016. The show has become an increasingly important platform for the

Saturday, February 13th, 2016

Pictometry Continues to Experience Rapid Growth in Government Sector

EagleView Technology Corporation, a leading technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and GIS solutions, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Pictometry International Corp., continues to be the provider of choice for federal, state and local government entities seeking high-resolution aerial oblique and orthogonal imagery as evidenced by the company’s record growth in the government

Saturday, February 13th, 2016

Creating a European Marketplace for Earth Observation Services

We are pleased to announce the release of the EARSC position paper around the development of a European Marketplace for EO services as a leverage for the exploitation of Copernicus data and services alongside commercial offerings. A European Marketplace for EO Services will enable companies to offer new products and services building upon those coming

Saturday, February 13th, 2016

Optech Titan wins Grand Award and Award for Technology Innovation at MAPPS 2016

Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that its Optech Titan multispectral airborne lidar has won both the Grand Award and the Award for Technology Innovation at the 9th Annual MAPPS Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards. The judges presented the awards to Teledyne Optech in a ceremony at the MAPPS 2016 Winter Conference in Henderson,

Saturday, February 13th, 2016

South West Water Looks to Rezatec to Provide Satellite-Derived Data Analytics to Understand Location, Structure and Function of Peatland on Bodmin Moor

Harwell, Oxfordshire – Rezatec has been using cutting edge Earth Observation techniques to assist South West Water on a project to map and understand the condition of its peatlands. South West Water is working with partners in its Upstream Thinking Programme to improve drinking water quality and reduce treatment costs through improved catchment management around

Friday, February 12th, 2016

Aerodata Moves to Forefront of Digital Aerial Photogrammetry with Purchase of Leica DMC III Camera

Leica Geosystems Inc. today announced that Aerodata Inc., based in Ann Arbor, MI, is the first company in North America to take delivery of the Leica DMC III airborne digital camera. The Leica DMC III adds cutting-edge digital imagery capture capabilities to the company’s well established film photogrammetry service, enabling Aerodata to increase the level

Friday, February 12th, 2016

Unveiling New State of the Art for Coastal Flood Risk

Flooding from the sea represents a major threat to the UK; this was demonstrated most recently during the winter of 2013/14, when widespread flooding and damage occurred around much of the coastline. Whilst major advances have helped us to better assess flood risk from our rivers, the complex nature of the coastal environment  has proved

Friday, February 12th, 2016

Sentinel-3 Family Grows

The signature of a €450 million contract to build two more satellites for the Sentinel-3 mission was celebrated by ESA and Thales Alenia Space of France at an event in Paris yesterday. Sentinel-3 is based on a constellation of two satellites to systematically measure Earth’s oceans, land, ice and atmosphere to monitor and understand large-scale