Wednesday, July 24th, 2019
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced it has acquired mapping and localization software as well as intellectual property assets from Mapper.ai. Mapper technology will enable Velodyne to accelerate development of Vella™, breakthrough software that establishes its directional view Velarray™ lidar sensor. The Velarray is the first solid-state Velodyne lidar sensor that is embeddable
Wednesday, July 24th, 2019
LEWES, Del. – In a partnership with the UN Ops, Antigua Computer Technology (ACT), and the government of Antigua, Drone Delivery Systems successfully performed drone deliveries to a secure smart mailbox, called AirBox Home. Additionally, Drone Delivery Systems performed a 2.1 mile beyond line of sight (BVLOS) flight, delivering one of the most innovative defibrillators in
Wednesday, July 24th, 2019
WESTMINSTER, Colo.- Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) today announced that it will integrate and fly NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument on a 1300-class satellite in geostationary (GEO) orbit. TEMPO will be the first space-based instrument to provide hourly monitoring of major air pollutants during the daytime across the North American continent at high
Wednesday, July 24th, 2019
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Terra Drone Brazil, a group company of Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation has announced the successful completion of Brazil’s first-ever drone inspection of an offshore FPSO tank. The ballast tank inspection using drones was conducted aboard P-66, a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit from Petrobras, that is operating in
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019
When NASA launches the Mars 2020 mission the first images back to Earth in February of 2021 will be seen through lenses designed and engineered by Jenoptik. The Jenoptik Light & Optics team in Jupiter, FL have been developing three types of mission critical lenses for use with the Mars Rover’s engineering cameras. Navigation lenses will
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019
Westminster, Colo. – Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) today announced that it will integrate and fly NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument on a 1300-class satellite in geostationary (GEO) orbit. TEMPO will be the first space-based instrument to provide hourly monitoring of major air pollutants during the daytime across the North American continent at
Monday, July 22nd, 2019
London, United Kingdom – Altitude Angel, the world’s foremost unmanned traffic management (UTM) technology provider, and DroneShield Ltd (ASX:DRO or DRO.AU) (“DroneShield”), a global leader in drone detection and mitigation, have announced a partnership. Altitude Angel enables airport operators, among others, to integrate unmanned vehicles into their controlled airspace. Its traffic management system, GuardianUTM, (offering
Monday, July 22nd, 2019
London – Airbus has agreed a five-year contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to manage test and reference services to support the delivery and assured release of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capability for deployed operations around the globe. The contract is valued at approximately £22 million (€ 25
Monday, July 22nd, 2019
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is proud to announce that OGC CEO Dr. Nadine Alameh has received GeoIgnite’s inaugural Diversity in Leadership Award. The award was presented to Nadine as part of the GeoIgnite 2019 Diversity in Leadership Summit, held last month in Ottawa, Canada. “At GeoIgnite, we are committed towards motivating and nurturing future
