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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018

Maxar Technologies’ SSL Selected by NASA JPL as Provider of Critical Capabilities for Europa Flyby Mission

PALO ALTO, Calif.—SSL, a Maxar Technologies company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.) (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR), and a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, announced today it was selected by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to design and build critical equipment for a spacecraft that will explore Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. The

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018

Leidos Awarded GEO 7 Task Order to Enhance U.S. Air Traffic System

RESTON, Va. – Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), a global science and technology leader, was awarded a task order by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop the 7th Generation geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellite used for the FAA Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). The task order has a four-year development phase, and one 10-year Operations and Maintenance

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018

Hexagon US Federal Selects New President and CEO

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.– Hexagon US Federal, a subsidiary of Hexagon, has appointed Tammer Olibah president and chief executive officer. A seasoned executive, Olibah brings nearly two decades of experience leading, developing and implementing technical solutions in both the public and private sectors. “As a proven leader and strong innovator, we are pleased to welcome Tammer to Hexagon

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018

senseFly and Trimble Optimize Workflow for Geospatial Drone Operators

Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland, April 3, 2018—senseFly, the world’s leading producer of professional drone solutions, today announces a new software integration with Trimble, which optimizes the drone mapping workflow for geospatial professionals.   The new integration between the company’s software ensures the smoothest possible end-to-end mapping drone (UAS) workflow. senseFly operators can now, within their drone’s recently

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018

East View Geospatial Launches On-Demand Milspec Geospatial Data

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, USA – East View Geospatial (EVG), a provider of content-rich geospatial products, is now producing gold-standard large-scale topographic data as an off-the-shelf offering under the product name EV-FGD – East View Foundation Geospatial Data. EVG has long produced foundation data and mapping for government and industry partners. Work has ranged across scales and

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018

Carl Von Hake, CPA Joins ROG+ Partners

Rusk O’Brien Gido + Partners is pleased to announce the addition of Carl Von Hake, CPA to the ROG team. Carl specializes in corporate financial advisory services including strategic business planning, financing strategies, operational effectiveness, ownership transition, stock structuring, business valuation, corporate governance and profit enhancement. A native of Las Vegas, Nevada, Carl will lead

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018

Copernicus Data Warehouse Offers 40 cm Imagery Exclusively From European Space Imaging

The Copernicus Data Warehouse is now offering eligible users the ability to order 40 cm satellite imagery in remarkably quick time frames, thanks to a 24 hour service exclusively available from European Space Imaging and its partner DigitalGlobe. On March 16, the European Space Agency released an updated version of the Copernicus Data Access Portfolio

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018

Fifth Successful Iridium NEXT Launch Completed as Iridium Surpasses 1 Million Subscribers

MCLEAN, Va. – Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) announced today that at 7:13:51 am PDT (14:13:51 UTC) SpaceX successfully launched the fifth set of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.  All 10 new satellites have successfully communicated with the Iridium Satellite Network Operations Center and are preparing to begin

Friday, March 30th, 2018

Preparing to Integrate Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Technologies

As advances in technology make it more cost-effective to deploy IIoT, industries will need to acquire a strategic approach to integrating new sensor data with pre-existing data environments. Now, more than ever, industries are seeking simple integrations with controls, automation and data analytics visualization software to harness the power of the Industrial Internet of Things

Friday, March 30th, 2018

Cepton Announces Next-generation LiDAR Solution for Autonomous Vehicles

SAN JOSE, Calif.- Cepton Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of 3D LiDAR solutions for automotive, industrial and mapping applications, today unveiled its Vista LiDAR sensor at the annual NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference, with immediate availability for the autonomous vehicle market. A video overview is available here: https://vimeo.com/261965022 The Vista LiDAR sensor delivers best-in-class performance to