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Tuesday, June 27th, 2017

Big Success for First Pan-European Drone Conference and Trade Fair

Brussels – From 20-22 June, the SQUARE Brussels Exhibition Centre in Brussels, Belgium, was the scene of Commercial UAV Expo Europe, the trade fair and conference on the integration of drones for major industrial & commercial applications. The Expo was the very first truly pan-European drone event. It counted over 500 visitors from 50 different

Tuesday, June 27th, 2017

Ordnance Survey to Map Out Greener Communities at NWG Innovation Festival

Ordnance Survey will lead a group of businesses, academics, students and members of the public in a week-long challenge to identify ways of improving the environment. The focus on how businesses can contribute towards greener communities comes as part of Northumbrian Water Group’s (NWG) Innovation Festival, which will bring together some of the world’s leading businesses

Monday, June 26th, 2017

GPS III in Full Production: Second Lockheed Martin Satellite Assembled, Ready to Begin Environmental Testing

DENVER, June 26, 2017 – In a specialized cleanroom designed to streamline satellite production, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is in full production building GPS III – the world’s most powerful GPS satellites. The company’s second GPS III satellite is now assembled and preparing for environmental testing, and the third satellite is close behind, having just

Monday, June 26th, 2017

Airbus and Partners Launch ‘Starling’ Satellite Service After Successful Pilot Phase with Ferrero and Nestlé

Airbus, together with non-profit organisation The Forest Trust (TFT) and radar satellite imagery expert SarVision, have launched Starling, an innovative satellite service enabling companies to demonstrate how they are implementing their ‘No Deforestation’ commitments.   The commercial launch follows a successful six-month pilot phase in Ferrero and Nestlé’s palm oil supply chains, during which Starling

Monday, June 26th, 2017

HawkEye 360 Names the Honorable Arthur L. Money to Its Board of Directors

BOSTON – HawkEye 360, Inc., a technology company that is developing new solutions in space-based radio frequency survey, today announced that the Honorable Arthur L. Money, the former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (ASD (C3I)), has been appointed to the Board of Directors. “Art brings extensive leadership experience to the

Monday, June 26th, 2017

Structural Integrity Chooses TerraGo Magic to Build Customized Field Data Collection App

TerraGo announced today that Structural Integrity, a global leader in engineering services and solutions for structural evaluation and repair, chose TerraGo Magic to build a field data collection and collaboration app for field inspectors, engineers and other personnel to improve the efficiency of inspection workflows, field reporting and data management. “When dig sites are identified,

Friday, June 23rd, 2017

New 2017 Country Packages for the USA, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, and UK & Ireland

NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS (USA) – Caliper is excited to announce the release of new 2017 Country Packages for its Maptitude mapping software. Maptitude Country Packages bring the power and flexibility of our Maptitude product suite to a global audience and enable our customers to make geo-location based decisions internationally. The 2017 Country Packages include 4th quarter 2016 map

Friday, June 23rd, 2017

New Interactive Maps for Entire United States

Sperling’s BestPlaces has released a series of interactive choropleth maps on a dozen categories of information for each State, County, City, and Zip Code. From Cost of Living information to Commute Times, the interactive maps enable people to explore and learn about places all over the United States. Choropleth representation is a thematic mapping technique where geographic

Friday, June 23rd, 2017

Pix4D and Parrot Back 6 Top Researchers to Help them Answer key #ClimateChange Questions Using Drone Mapping

In December 2016, Pix4D and Parrot announced we would award a climate innovation grant to help foster innovation around the impact of global climate change.  We received over 250 proposals from researchers across a range of disciplines. We selected six projects, chosen on novelty, scientific merit, and team experience. We also considered advanced degrees, formal

Friday, June 23rd, 2017

FARO Releases Revolutionary FARO Zone 3D for Public Safety Professionals

Lake Mary, FL – FARO® (NASDAQ:FARO), the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for factory metrology, construction BIM/CIM, product design, public safety forensics, and 3D solutions applications, announces the availability of the FARO Zone 3D software. This revolutionary platform, through its advanced smart tools, is the first of its kind to