Thursday, May 10th, 2018
RALEIGH, N.C.- PrecisionHawk Inc., a leading provider of enterprise drone technology, today announced that it was selected to participate with its home state of North Carolina in 1 of 10 pilot programs focused on drone integration, introduced by the Trump administration last year. The project was chosen by the Department of Transportation (DOT) from 150
Thursday, May 10th, 2018
REDLANDS, Calif. – Students at the University of Redlands are using GIS mapping technology to retell stories of systematic persecution, courage, and resilience shared by those who survived one of history’s most horrific genocides. In her English course, “Representing the Holocaust,” Professor Sharon Oster engages students by having them virtually meet survivors through recorded interviews and
Thursday, May 10th, 2018
Wingtra, the Swiss professional VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) drone manufacturer, appointed Cyril Halter as the new COO. Cyril Halter will be taking over Wingtra’s operations with a focus on the industrialisation and the ramp up of production to enable forecasted triple digit growth over the next years. Cyril Halter commented on his new position:
Wednesday, May 9th, 2018
TOKYO – 09 May 2018 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) today announced the first flight of the Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in Japan during an opening ceremony on Iki Island. The demonstration flights, taking place over the next three weeks, intend to promote the civil and scientific applications of the RPA. “We
Wednesday, May 9th, 2018
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it has added Crop Health Imagery and Work Orders features to its Trimble® Ag Software. The software is a desktop, cloud-based and mobile-enabled agricultural solution that simplifies farm data management to drive productivity, profitability and sustainability for farmers, crop advisors, ag retailers and food processors. After
Wednesday, May 9th, 2018
Redlands, California—Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced that it has launched the Africa GeoPortal, a comprehensive cloud-based platform that provides rich content and solutions from Esri and its partners. The geoportal provides access to Esri’s popular ArcGIS Online service as well as geographic data and imagery for Africa. The African Union, African
Wednesday, May 9th, 2018
Rome, NY- Microdrones has made it easy to learn all about the benefits and solutions provided by the mdMapper1000, the mdMapper1000DG and the mdLiDAR1000 through a series of exciting new product demonstration videos available on YouTube. All three videos showcase the unique capabilities of each professional drone package offered by Microdrones. Microdrones mdMapper1000 Video The
Wednesday, May 9th, 2018
NEW YORK — Emerald Expositions announced today that Daniel K. Elwell, acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, will give the Grand Opening Keynote address at InterDrone, September 5 at 10:00 am. He will be joined at InterDrone by a high-level lineup of commercial drone thought leaders who will frame the state of the industry
Wednesday, May 9th, 2018
RESTON, Va.– Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), a FORTUNE 500® science, information technology, and engineering leader, was awarded 7 task orders by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the Multi-Intelligence Analytical & Collection Support Services (MACSS) program. The task orders will be executed over the next five and a half years at a total contract value of
Wednesday, May 9th, 2018
DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, and Microsoft Corp. have announced a strategic partnership to bring advanced AI and machine learning capabilities to DJI drones, helping businesses harness the power of commercial drone technology and edge cloud computing. Through this partnership, DJI is releasing a software development kit (SDK) for
