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Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Harris Corporation and Florida Tech Host Florida Unmanned Aircraft Summit

MELBOURNE, Fla. -Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) experts from throughout Florida gathered this week to explore trends in drone adoption and ways to help guide the impact of UAS integration across the state. UAS operators and industry leaders from business, government and academia engaged in the “Florida UAS Summit” hosted by Harris Corporation and Florida Institute

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Mapbox Appoints Roy Ng as President and Chief Operating Officer

SAN FRANCISCO —  Mapbox, the leading real-time location and mapping platform for developers, today announced Roy Ng ( photo) has been appointed President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). As President and COO, Ng will have responsibility for all customer facing operations, including sales, marketing, customer success, and business development, as well as finance, human resources,

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Concurrent Technologies Corporation Awarded Competitively Bid National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Contract to Research Artificial Intelligence

JOHNSTOWN, PA – The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ( NGA) has awarded Concurrent Technologies Corporation ( CTC) a competitively bid prime $498,000 contract to research artificial intelligence (AI) automation capabilities under the agency’s Boosting Innovative GEOINT (BIG) program. Under this contract, Concurrent Technologies Corporation will further advance the state of knowledge in virtual assistants by evolving

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Tableau 10.2 Brings New Advanced Analytics Capabilities

SEATTLE —  Tableau Software (NYSE: DATA) today announced the general availability of Tableau 10.2. The new release brings advanced mapping capabilities that make complex geospatial analysis easy, simplifies data prep with new ways to combine and clean data, and gives enterprises more tools to deliver self-service analytics at scale. “The need to see and understand

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

GeoCue Announces Release of LP360 2017.1

Huntsville, AL – GeoCue Group is pleased to announce the latest release of LP360. LP360 is the world’s most powerful and popular desktop exploitation software for point cloud data from LIDAR and SfM (Structure from Motion, point clouds produced from small unmanned aerial systems imagery). LP360 is available as a standalone application and as an

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Caliper Offers State Legislative Districts and 115th Congressional Districts Boundary Files with Census Data

NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS (USA) – Caliper is pleased to announce that the State Legislative Districts Data Product is now available for the entire USA or for a single US state. Three area databases are provided that reflect the latest boundaries for Congressional Districts, State House/Assembly (lower chamber) districts, and State Senate (upper chamber) districts. These layers

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Topcon Announces Enhanced Integration of GT Series Total Stations with Autodesk

LIVERMORE, Calif., USA/ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, The Netherlands – Topcon Positioning Group announces a new integration that extends its compatibility with Autodesk solutions. The Topcon GT series of robotic total stations is now available for use with Autodesk BIM 360 Layout software. “A new update allows GT instruments to seamlessly connect with the BIM 360

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Key Milestone Completed for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft to Ensure Astronaut Safety

REDMOND, Wash. – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), recently completed hot-fire acceptance testing of eight auxiliary engines that will be used on the first flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft with the Space Launch System rocket, slated to launch in 2018. A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/2fb2ecb3-4512-4575-9488-02ae8ace74be Orion’s

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports Launch of Classified Satellite for the U.S. Government

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), successfully supported the launch of a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The mission was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion systems on the Atlas V

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

To Enhance Data Connectivity And Reduce Costs, Lufthansa Technik Selects UTC Aerospace Systems Aircraft Interface Device Solution

CHARLOTTE, N.C.- After an extensive, industry-wide evaluation of Aircraft Interface Device (AID) options, Lufthansa Technik has selected the latest generation AID from UTC Aerospace Systems to enable a wide range of cost-saving solutions for its customers. Lufthansa Technik launched a review of AID solutions from leading suppliers on behalf of Lufthansa for a more connected