Friday, September 8th, 2017
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) membership has approved a new 3D standard for content strategy. This standard is focused on high performance visualization and spatial analysis in a services or disconnected environment. The standard is referred to as the OGC Indexed 3D Scene Layer (I3S) and the Scene Layer Package Format (SLPK) Specification. These standards
Friday, September 8th, 2017
Avitas Systems, a GE Venture, is partnering with NVIDIA to use some of the latest advances in artificial intelligence computing to optimize the use of robotics for inspection and better detect defects on industrial assets with advanced data analytics. Avitas Systems can target specific points of inspection and develop paths to collect data in the
Friday, September 8th, 2017
MCLEAN, Va.- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Magnitude Space, an emerging small satellite company. The signing of this MoU signals Iridium’s interest in exploring collaborative partnerships with complementary NewSpace players, particularly those in the SmallSat low-power arena. As part of this MoU, the companies
Friday, September 8th, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.- NSR’s newest report The Emerging Space Market Opportunity, releasing tomorrow, finds that nearly 400 emerging space companies have been founded since 2000, all seeking to deliver new applications or pursue new approaches to operating in space. Supported by $10 billion in investment, these start-ups set the stage for an increase in the number and
Thursday, September 7th, 2017
Las Vegas – Tersus GNSS Inc. (“Tersus”), a leading manufacturing company of high precision GNSS RTK boards, receivers and systems, today announced its latest GNSS RTK System, the NeoRTK system at InterDrone. The NeoRTK system has multi-constellation and multi-frequency GNSS board inside that is able to provide accurate and stable signal reception and built for
Thursday, September 7th, 2017
Las Vegas – Tersus GNSS Inc. (“Tersus”), a leading manufacturing company of high precision GNSS RTK boards, receivers and systems, today announced a major upgrade to its popular Precis-BX306 RTK board with new and improved GPS/GLONASS functionality. The new version of Precis-BX306 supports up to 20Hz RTK solution and raw measurement output, which can be
Thursday, September 7th, 2017
KFAR SABA, ISRAEL — September 7, 2017 — Innoviz Technologies, a leading provider of LiDAR sensing solutions designed for the mass commercialization of autonomous vehicles, announced today that it has raised $65 million in Series B funding as its groundbreaking LiDAR solution moves into mass production. Strategic partners and global leaders in automated driving solutions Delphi
Thursday, September 7th, 2017
EW YORK – Boundless, the leader in open GIS, today announced that it has partnered with the Global SOF Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that aims to build and grow an international Special Operations Forces (SOF) network of military, government, commercial and educational stakeholders. The Foundation fosters SOF objectives and partnerships to confront both global
Thursday, September 7th, 2017
BOULDER, Colorado — Ball Aerospace successfully delivered the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1), NOAA’s next-generation polar orbiting weather satellite, to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Aug. 31, where it is scheduled to launch Nov. 10, 2017. This follows a successful pre-ship review with NASA at Ball’s Boulder, Colorado, manufacturing complex. “The arrival of
Thursday, September 7th, 2017
Orbit GT is happy to announce that Nordic GeoCenter, Finland, has joined as Authorized Reseller of Orbit GT 3D Mapping products. “We’re very pleased to join with Finland’s Nordic GeoCenter as our new Reseller”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “Nordic GeoCenter is a well known and respected company in Scandinavia and the Baltics.
