Friday, August 27th, 2021
SAN DIEGO – Shield AI a fast-growing defense technology company developing AI and self-driving technologies for aircraft, today announced it has raised $210M in equity financing as part of a Series D fundraising round, increasing its valuation past the billion-dollar mark. The management team projects an additional $75M in debt and $15M in equity to be secured in the coming weeks, bringing
Friday, August 27th, 2021
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR, VLDRW) today announced a multi-year agreement to provide its Puck™ lidar sensors to Renu Robotics, an industry leader in autonomous vegetation management systems. Renu Robotics’ Renubot, a fully autonomous, all-electric mower, helps solar and energy facilities cut costs, time and carbon emissions, while maintaining the grounds for maximum performance of the
Friday, August 27th, 2021
SAN DIEGO – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider announced today that its Air Wolf Tactical Drone System completed a 100 percent successful flight at the recently approved Burns Flat, Oklahoma Range Facility. The Kratos Air Wolf Mission, which was the inaugural flight at the Burns Flat
Friday, August 27th, 2021
The RDSX dual-payload commercial delivery UAV combines A2Z Drone Delivery’s tethered freefall delivery mechanism with a proven eight-rotor airframe enabling drone delivery at scale by streamlining multi-destination flights, minimizing delivery time-on-station and mitigating many of the consumer concerns with residential drone deliveries. Los Angeles, C.A. – A2Z Drone Delivery, LLC, developer of a patented tethered
Friday, August 27th, 2021
Events Tie Benefits of Space Science and Technology to Economic Development Worldwide COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today signed an agreement at the 36th Space Symposium, expanding the organization’s emerging partnership with ICESCO (Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization). Space Foundation CEO Tom Zelibor (RADM, U.S.
Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
As soil and other surfaces dry, water is transferred into the air as water vapor (i.e., evaporation). Plants actively release water, moving it out of their leaves and stems and into the drier air (i.e., transpiration). The two combine for evapotranspiration: the process through which water leaves plants, soils and other surfaces. It’s a measurement
Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, Md.– ELTA North America announces the final contractual delivery of its advanced Counter Drone Solution, the On-The-Move V4 (OTM V4) C-sUAS solution. The OTM V4 was designed to address the Assistant Secretary of Defense Special Operations / Low-Intensity Conflict (ASD SO/LIC) Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD) Mobile C-sUAS Defense-in-Depth Capability. Since December 2020,
Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
OZEMAN, Mont.– In a bold leadership move to increase safety and reduce emissions, the nation’s largest gas distribution utility, Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), recently signed an agreement for $12 million with high-tech laser company, Bridger Photonics, Inc. (Bridger). The company is using Bridger’s Gas Mapping LiDAR to detect, pinpoint, and quantify methane emissions throughout SoCalGas’s distribution area. While
Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
New approach will help improve planning, highways and Council Tax operations 25 August 2021 – The London Borough of Harrow has added high definition street-level imagery and LiDAR data to its Esri UK corporate GIS system, giving staff access to a highly accurate digital twin of the borough. Part of Harrow’s strategy to explore
Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
LOS ANGELES AFB – EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – The United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command, Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program, successfully passed a major milestone, completing its Block 0 Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Space Vehicle Critical Design Review on Aug. 20, 2021. This CDR milestone, the culmination of 34 subsystem and payload reviews, locks
