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Tuesday, September 8th, 2015

SBG SYSTEMS Joins VIAMETRIS to Present the New Generation of 3D Indoor Scanning System Aided by the Ellipse-A AHRS

Rueil-Malmaison, France, September 8, 2015 – SBG SYSTEMS joins VIAMETRIS to present at the INTERGEO trade show, the new generation of the “iMMS”, called now “iMS 3D”, a mobile 3D indoor scanner generating continuous 3D point clouds. For this brand new model, VIAMETRIS chose SBG SYSTEMS’ miniature AHRS, the Ellipse-A.

Tuesday, September 8th, 2015

Elbit Systems Awarded an Approximately $78 Million Contract to Provide a European Country with UAS-Based Advanced Intelligence Systems

HAIFA, Israel, September 8, 2015 – Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT) (“Elbit Systems”), announced today that it was awarded a contract from a European country to supply an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)-based cutting-edge intelligence solution. Valued at approximately $78 million, the contract will be performed over a two-year period by Elbit Systems’  ISTAR Division,

Friday, September 4th, 2015

McMurdo Introduces Next-Generation Software to Improve Life-Saving, Satellite-Aided Search & Rescue Process

Lanham, Maryland, September 4, 2015 — McMurdo, the most trusted name in emergency readiness and response, today announced PRISMA MCCNet, a state-of-the-art software solution with several industry-first features to improve the  Cospas-Sarsat satellite-aided search and rescue process.

Friday, September 4th, 2015

Teledyne Selects Orbit Logic Software for ISS Imaging Platform Operations

GREENBELT, MD, September 4, 2015 — Orbit Logic announced today that Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. (TBE) of Huntsville, AL has selected Orbit Logic’s Collection Planning & Analysis Workstation (CPAW) and Order Logic software for its Multi User System  for Earth  Sensing (MUSES) ground system. Order Logic will be used for imagery order management with CPAW

Friday, September 4th, 2015

EIGS Members Named in Tech 21 – Mississippi’s Most Wanted in Technology for 2015

Stennis Space Center, Miss., September 4, 2015 — When examining Mississippi’s contributions to the technology world, there are tech veterans whose works are still being felt, and there are young minds who are bringing new ideas. The Tech 21 is the Mississippi Business Journal’s take on some of the top contributors to technology in Mississippi and

Friday, September 4th, 2015

Alaska Mapping Project Passes 50 Percent Mark

September 4, 2015 — Dewberry, a national professional services firm, has announced that mapping efforts under the Alaska Statewide Digital Mapping Initiative (SDMI) have surpassed the 50 percent mark, with new maps now complete for many of the state’s high-priority areas. Recent achievements include the recording of a revised elevation for Denali (formerly Mount McKinley)

Friday, September 4th, 2015

Richmond International Airport Hires Timmons Group to Design and Implement Enterprise GIS

Richmond, VA, September 4, 2015 – The Richmond International Airport (RIC) contracted with Timmons Group, a national geospatial consulting firm to design and implement an Enterprise GIS. 

Friday, September 4th, 2015

NSF, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Support Development of New Arctic maps

September 4, 2015 – The National Science Foundation (NSF), in partnership with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), is supporting development of high-resolution topographic maps of the Arctic that for the first time will provide consistent coverage of the entire globally significant region, including Alaska.

Friday, September 4th, 2015

Gilman Louie Elected as Chairman of the Board for Vricon, Inc.

RESTON, Va., September 4, 2015 – Today, Gilman Louie has been appointed as the first Chairman of the Board of Vricon, Inc.

Thursday, September 3rd, 2015

Sierra Nevada Corporation Congratulates NASA, NOAA and Lockheed Martin on Extraordinary EPIC Instrument Images

SPARKS, Nev., September 3, 2015 – Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Space Systems  congratulates NASA, NOAA and Lockheed Martin on successfully capturing the first-ever continuous images of the entire sunlit side of planet Earth. SNC is proud to have supplied several key mechanisms for this mission.