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Thursday, May 14th, 2015

Government Spending in Space Programs at $66.5 billion in 2014

Paris, Washington D.C., Montreal, Yokohama, May 14, 2015 — According to Euroconsult’s newly released research report, Profiles of Government Space Programs, world government expenditures for space programs decreased by 4% to $66.5 billion in 2014.

Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

Spatial Wave, Inc. Announces the Release of Field Mapplet Version 8.0 and Mapplet 8.0

May 13, 2015 — Spatial Wave, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of Field Mapplet Version 8.0 and Mapplet 8.0 which support ArcGIS 10.2 and 10.3.

Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

Keystone Aerial Surveys, Inc. Granted Section 333 Exemption by the FAA

Philadelphia, PA, May 13, 2015 — Keystone Aerial Surveys, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted Keystone a Section 333 Exemption and an accompanying Certificate of Authorization (COA) for Unmanned Airborne Systems (UAS) operations within the United States.  

Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

PIL Launches P43 Long Range UltraSonic Sensors

May 13, 2015 — PIL announces the availability of its new P43 ultrasonic sensors to measure distances. Applications include object recognition for agriculture and fluid levels, distance measuring for trucks and loading ramps, level sensing in dusty conditions, parking lot detection/barrier monitoring as well as a variety of other industrial and manufacturing applications.

Tuesday, May 12th, 2015

GAF and ESA Sign an Agreement Regarding the Delivery of IRS Data for the Copernicus Data Warehouse 2014-2020

Munich, May 12, 2015 — GAF AG, the exclusive supplier of optical Indian Remote Sensing data in Europe, has signed an agreement with ESA concerning the provision of IRS data for the Copernicus Data Warehouse. The agreement will run until the end of 2020.

Tuesday, May 12th, 2015

Engility Supports National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to Launch Innovative Applications Technology Program

CHANTILLY, Va., May 12, 2015 — Engility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EGL), today joined the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to announce an innovative government program to solicit, screen and acquire geospatial applications from commercial developers.

Tuesday, May 12th, 2015

OGC Issues GeoPackage Corrigendum

May 12, 2015 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has issued a corrigendum to correct minor flaws in the OGC GeoPackage (GPKG) Encoding Standard. The flaws were identified after publication of Version 1.0 in early 2014.

Monday, May 11th, 2015

Accident A400M in Seville

May 11, 2015 — Airbus Defence and Space confirms that an A400M aircraft has been involved in an accident near Sevilla (Spain) Airport on May 09, 2015 around 13:00 local time.

Friday, May 8th, 2015

Exelis ENVI Analytics now on DigitalGlobe’s Geospatial Big Data Platform

BOULDER, Colo., May 8, 2015 — Exelis (NYSE: XLS) and DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI) have agreed to provide a new commercial offering of cloud-based ENVI earth science analytics for the DigitalGlobe Geospatial Big Data (GBD) platform. ENVI is the industry-leading remote sensing analytical software used by government, academic and private industry organizations to extract meaningful information

Friday, May 8th, 2015

PrecisionHawk Signs UAV Research Agreement with FAA to Address Extended Visual Line of Sight

RALEIGH, N.C., May 8, 2015 — PrecisionHawk has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration to advance the research around unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) across rural areas.