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Tuesday, May 9th, 2017

SPH Engineering Announces UgCS Mapper – Offline In-Field Mapping Software

UgCS Mapper is a desktop geo-referenced image processing software, to create 2D maps in-field, requiring no internet connection. UgCS Mapper will be presented at AUVSI Xponential 2017. UgCS Mapper is a desktop software designed to create offline 2D maps. In-field assembled map provides certainty for UAV surveyors that acquired images quality and density is sufficient for data processing.

Tuesday, May 9th, 2017

Kratos and HawkEye 360 Announce Collaboration to Advance Spectrum Detection, Characterization, and Geolocation Services

SAN DIEGO – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, and HawkEye 360, announced today a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the potential of expanding Kratos’ industry-leading carrier monitoring, interference detection and geolocation offerings with HawkEye 360’s planned space-based RF detection and geolocation services.   Under the MOU

Monday, May 8th, 2017

Excelitas Technologies Launches Infrared Sensor Technical Video Library

WALTHAM, Mass., May 04, 2017 – Excelitas Technologies® Corp., a global technology leader in delivering sophisticated photonic technology innovations, today introduces the Excelitas IR Sensing Video Library. Excelitas IR Sensing product development team is producing a new series of instructional videos to provide an overview of basic principles of operation and helpful instruction for streamlined integration

Monday, May 8th, 2017

BZ Media and Skylogic Research Release “5 Valuable Business Lessons Learned About Drones in Mining and Aggregates”

MELVILLE, N.Y. — BZ Media LLC announced today the third in a series of critical examinations of important trends and strategies in vertical commercial drone markets, “5 Valuable Business Lessons Learned About Drones in Mining and Aggregates.”  The free report was commissioned by BZ Media and written and produced by Skylogic Research. The white paper

Monday, May 8th, 2017

Satellite Manufacturing & Launch Market to Generate $258 Billion in Next Decade

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.- NSR’s Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Services, 7th Edition (SMLS7) report, released today, forecasts 2,356 satellites are expected to launch during the coming decade, with both GEO and non-GEO satellite operators turning to diverse solutions to remain competitive with space-based and terrestrial players. NSR identified a growing focus on leveraging advanced technologies and new

Monday, May 8th, 2017

Valmie (VMRI) Takes New Commercial Base Unit for Successful Test Flight in Preparation for XPONENTIAL 2017

HOUSTON – The Valmie Resources Inc. (OTCBB: VMRI) team headed to Nevada this week where it conducted a successful test flight of one of the five commercial base units the company purchased from ALTI UAS. The test flight was held in conjunction with Praxis Aerospace Concepts (PACI). Valmie will be incorporating five of the featured

Monday, May 8th, 2017

James Webb Space Telescope Moving Forward – Latest Milestone for Airbus Contributions to the Mission

James Webb telescope and instrument module shipped by NASA from Goddard Space Flight Centre in Washington to Johnson Space Centre in Houston for final tests Houston 08/05/2017 – OTIS (Optical Telescope Element and Integrated Science), the payload module hosting the telescope and the instruments for the giant James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been shipped

Monday, May 8th, 2017

Phase One Fully Integrated Drone Solution with DJI M600 & M600 PRO Takes Off

Phase One Industrial introduces full integration of its iXU and iXU-RS aerial cameras with DJI’s M600 and M600 Pro drones.This is the latest drone platform supported by Phase One Industrial, as it continuously innovates inspection tools uniquely capable of addressing diverse aerial imaging applications — from photogrammetry to critical infrastructure monitoring projects. “Using the Phase

Monday, May 8th, 2017

senseFly Corridor Solution Boosts Efficiency of Linear Mapping Projects

Cheseaux, Switzerland – senseFly, the world’s leading producer of mapping drones, today announces senseFly Corridor, a new platform enhancement that vastly simplifies the drone (UAS) mapping of linear infrastructure and sites. senseFly Corridor will debut on May 8 at AUVSI Xponential in Dallas, Texas (booth 641). Corridor mapping is a common task for many geospatial professionals

Monday, May 8th, 2017

Unmatched Jamming Robustness Now Available in Septentrio’s Ultra-Low Powered GNSS Receivers, the AsteRx-m2 and AsteRx-m2 UAS

Leuven, Belgium and Torrance, California – 8 May 2017 – The AsteRx-m2 and AsteRx-m2 UAS OEM boards were launched today by Septentrio, a leading manufacturer of accurate and reliable GNSS solutions. These two new OEM boards which bring the latest in GNSS positioning to the market with unmatched interference mitigation technology all on ultra-low-power will