Wednesday, July 30th, 2025
Space42, Esri, and Microsoft have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to institute the Map Africa Initiative, a five-year collaborative programme aimed at developing accurate and accessible base maps for all 54 African countries. The effort seeks to enhance local mapping infrastructure and provide geospatial support for economic development, disaster resilience, and technological innovation, ultimately benefiting over 1.4
Wednesday, July 30th, 2025
Spire Global Awarded European Space Agency Contract for Weather Data Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, was awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) under the Third Party Mission (TPM) programme to supply historical weather data collected by its satellites. Under
Wednesday, July 30th, 2025
HERNDON, Va.– HawkEye 360 Inc., the global leader in signals intelligence data and analytics, today announced powerful enhancements to its GNSS Interference (GNSS-I) Detection product suite. These upgrades—designed with defense, intelligence, and national security operations in mind—offer unprecedented accuracy, coverage, and insight into global GPS jamming and spoofing threats. New GNSS capabilities bring unprecedented accuracy,
Wednesday, July 30th, 2025
Lincoln (RI), USA, 30/07/2025 – Exail, a leading provider of navigation solutions, has secured a new contract with a U.S.-based global defense player. The agreement involves the delivery of 100 Phins Compact Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) to equip Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs). Offering highly precise navigation capabilities, the Phins Compact INS ensures reliable performance in
Tuesday, July 29th, 2025
The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has announced the launch of Galileo’s new OSNMA authentication service. The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has announced the launch of Galileo’s new open authentication service, OSNMA (Open Service Navigation Message Authentication). The European GNSS Service Centre (GSC) at INTA’s facilities in Torrejón
Tuesday, July 29th, 2025
Leica Geosystems makes reality capture easier to adopt with a new, all-in-one solution. In a statement, Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, announced the introduction of the Leica BLK360 SE Essentials reality capture solution. Described as “a comprehensive solution designed to make reality capture technology accessible,” the BLK360 SE Essentials package includes three tools: Leica BLK360 SE: A lightweight,
Tuesday, July 29th, 2025
Five new countries have been added to the final release of the Open Cadastral Map which has been enhanced by the Open Maps For Europe 2 (OME2) project. The addition of Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, Croatia, and Switzerland means the prototype map service now includes data from 15 of Europe’s National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration
Tuesday, July 29th, 2025
The Catalan Minister of the Presidency, Albert Dalmau, has visited the manufacture of the 6GStarLab satellite, a pioneering project promoted by the i2CAT Research Centre dedicated to research and open innovation in non-terrestrial networks. The 6GStarLab, a pioneering project led by i2CAT, will focus on the research and development of non-terrestrial networks (NTN) and enable
Tuesday, July 29th, 2025
More than 150 engineers, surveyors, and geospatial professionals will join forces with Woolpert, expanding its transportation and utilities capabilities and global footprint. PITTSBURGH — Woolpert has acquired Dawood Engineering Inc. (Dawood), an award-winning, 33-year-old infrastructure and geospatial technology firm with presence throughout the Eastern U.S., Europe, and the Middle East. Founded by civil engineer and
Tuesday, July 29th, 2025
FREDERICTON, N.B. and TAUNTON, U.K. —Teledyne CARIS and the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) have launched a multi-year strategic partnership aimed at transforming the way hydrographic data is processed, and nautical charts are produced. This marks a significant step forward for the global hydrographic community and promises to deliver direct benefits to the UKHO and users of
