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Thursday, June 25th, 2015

CBP Agent Geoffrey Krassy Honored with Lt. Michael P. Murphy Award

Washington, D.C., June 24, 2015 —This afternoon at the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation’s (USGIF) GEOINT 2015 Symposium, the 2015 Lt. Michael P. Murphy Award in Geospatial Intelligence was presented to Geoffrey D. Krassy, an air interdiction agent for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection (DHS CBP).

Wednesday, June 24th, 2015

Sidwell Awarded Esri(R) ArcGIS Online Specialty Designation

June 24, 2015 — The Sidwell Company, the national industry leader of GIS solutions for Local Government, was recently designated by Esri as an ArcGIS Online Specialty Partner.

Wednesday, June 24th, 2015

Positive Feedback from Teledyne Optech’s 2015 Imaging & Lidar Solutions Conference

June 24 2015 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the 2015 Imaging and Lidar Solutions Conference (ILSC) on Friday, June 12. Visitors from across the globe came together in Toronto to share ideas, learn about Teledyne Optech technology and hear keynote speeches on rocket science and UAV challenges from Dr.

Wednesday, June 24th, 2015

MMIST deploys MapLink Pro Mobile to support SkyLink Parachutist Situational Awareness System

June 24, 2015 — ENVITIA is pleased to announce that Mist Mobility Integrated Systems Technology Inc. (MMIST), a Canadian full solution provider of Precision Aerial Delivery products and services, has chosen MapLink Pro Mobile to provide the map visualisation capability in SkyLink, the leading Parachutist Navigation and Situational Awareness System. 

Wednesday, June 24th, 2015

Commercial UAV Expo Announces 2015 Conference Program

Portland, Maine, USA, June 24, 2015 — The organizers of Commercial UAV Expo announced the 2015 Conference Program today. 

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015

Dates Announced For the 2nd International Drone Expo

LOS ANGELES – June 23, 2015 – The International Drone Expo (IDE), previously LA Drone Expo, is the largest global commercial drone community gathering open to the public with 125 exhibitors and more than 6500 buyers. 

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015

Indonesia Regional Planning and Development Sector Powers Up Mobile Mapping by SuperPad

June 23, 2015 — Supergeo Technologies, the leading GIS software provider, announces that Deli Serdang Regional Sector for Planning and Development, Indonesia selects SuperPad, the mapping application designed for Windows Mobile, to power up fieldwork quality.

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015

Detection of IR Optical Taggants Using AOTF SWIR Hyperspectral Imager (HSI)

June 23, 2015 — Optical taggants take many forms. They can be fully integrated into marked objects in the form of paints, coatings, fillers and fibers; they can also be used as standalone devices such as patches as shown below:

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015

Airbus Defence and Space: Successfully Launched Sentinel-2A will Provide Colour Vision of Earth

June 23, 2015 — Sentinel-2A is the first optical Earth observation satellite in the European Copernicus programme. On Tuesday, 23 June at 03.51:58 am CEST (22 June at 10.51:58 pm local time), a Vega launcher took off from the spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, carrying the satellite developed and built under the industrial leadership of Airbus Defence and Space

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015

Sofradir Delivers a Record 24 Infrared Detectors for the Sentinel 2 Space Mission

Palaiseau, near Paris, France, June 24, 2015 — Sofradir, the global leader of advanced infrared (IR) detectors for military, space and industrial applications, today announces it delivered 24 shortwave IR detectors (SWIR) to Airbus Defence and Space (ADS) for the European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel-2 mission.