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Friday, August 11th, 2017

Sentera Adds Late-Season Data Capture Options to DJI Phantom 4 Series Drones

MINNEAPOLIS – Today, Sentera announced the availability of its Double 4K precision agriculture sensor on DJI Phantom 4 Professional, Advanced, and Standard drones. This offering provides Double 4K quality at entry-level pricing, expanding late-season data collection options for agronomists, crop consultants, and growers. Several system configurations are available including collection of normalized difference vegetation index

Thursday, August 10th, 2017

Harris Corporation Delivers Navigation Payload for Third Lockheed Martin GPS III Satellite

MELBOURNE, Fla. -Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has delivered the third of 10 advanced navigation payloads to Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), which will increase accuracy, signal power and jamming resistance for U.S. Air Force GPS III satellites. The advanced navigation payloads feature a Mission Data Unit (MDU) with a unique 70-percent digital design that links atomic clocks,

Thursday, August 10th, 2017

Comark Completes Acquisition of Data Ltd. Inc. (“DLI”)

Milford, Massachusetts – Comark is pleased to announce the acquisition of Data Ltd. Inc. (“DLI”) located in Lehigh Acres, Florida and New Taipai City, Taiwan. DLI is the industry leader in designing, manufacturing, and servicing rugged mobile computing solutions. The combination of Comark and DLI brings the consolidated customer base an industry-leading choice of industrial

Thursday, August 10th, 2017

Trimble Announces New GM for Agriculture Division

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the appointment of Abe Hughes as the worldwide general manager for Trimble’s Agriculture Division within the Resources and Utilities segment. Hughes assumed the role on July 10, 2017, and is located in Westminster, Colorado. “Abe is an experienced business leader with a proven track record in developing

Thursday, August 10th, 2017

Projects Worth US$ 5.4 Billion in Kuwait are in the Bidding Stage and About to be Awarded

Kuwait’s market has seen healthy project awards of US$ 4.6 billion in the first quarter of this year and is expecting another US$ 5.4 billion worth of projects that are in the bidding phase to be awarded by the end of the year. Following the announcement of the ‘New Kuwait’ vision and national development plans,

Wednesday, August 9th, 2017

xCraft and ASSURE Leaders Featured as Keynotes During UAS Tech Forum

OKLAHOMA CITY – JD Claridge admits he has always had an affinity for things that flew. After all, he was just seven years old and living in northern Idaho when he attempted to build his first aircraft: a glider made out of duct tape and rebar he got out of his barn. “The glider weighed

Wednesday, August 9th, 2017

Xplore Rugged Tablets Driving Data Collection Efforts for Net Zero Deforestation Project in Colombia

AUSTIN, Texas – Xplore Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:XPLR) today announced that its XSLATE D10 Android™ rugged tablets are being used as the primary data collection platform for the Net Zero Deforestation Project currently underway in the rainforests of Caquetá, Colombia. The project, a joint-effort between the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and The Nature Conservancy

Wednesday, August 9th, 2017

OGC Invites You to Participate in a Simulated Exercise at the Disaster Risk Reduction (DDR) Across the Americas Summit

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) announce a Call for Participation in a simulated disaster response exercise that will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina on September 7th, 2017, during the Disaster Risk Reduction (DDR) Across the Americas Summit. Many disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean affect multiple countries which means that sharing of best

Wednesday, August 9th, 2017

Intertrust Acquires Planet OS to Expand its Trusted Big Data Platform into Industrial IoT

Sunnyvale and Tallinn –  Intertrust Technologies announced today that it has acquired the assets of Planet OS, a geospatial big data service provider founded in 2012 by Estonian entrepreneurs. Planet OS has built a unique multi-party data platform that has broad application to the Internet of Things (IoT). By acquiring Planet OS, Intertrust will add its patented

Wednesday, August 9th, 2017

Chime Unveils AI-Enabled Smart Dialer and Drone Technology to Keep Real Estate Agents Ahead of The Curve

SAN FRANCISCO – Chime Technologies, an operating system for the real estate industry, announced two new major innovations today along with its one-year anniversary. The launch of these game-changing features—an AI-enabled smart dialer and a fully autonomous drone—reflect Chime’s journey to become a complete operating system that transforms the business of doing real estate by integrating