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Monday, June 1st, 2015

UN Outer Space Office New Chair of International Working Group on Satellite Based Emergency Mapping

BONN/VIENNA, June 1, 2015 — The UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) took up the annually rotating position of official Chair of the International Working Group on Satellite based Emergency Mapping (IWG-SEM) at the Group’s meeting today in Bonn, Germany.

Monday, June 1st, 2015

Exelis, Korea Aerospace Research Institute Complete Review of New Satellite Imager that will Improve Weather Forecasting

​ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 1, 2015 — The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has completed a multi-disciplinary design review of the Exelis-built (NYSE: XLS) Advanced Meteorological Imager (AMI) and determined the team is ready to begin final production.

Monday, June 1st, 2015

Exelis Awarded Blanket Purchase Agreement by Department of Interior

BOULDER, Colo., June 1, 2015 — The Department of Interior (DOI) has awarded Exelis (NYSE: XLS) Visual Information Solutions (Exelis VIS) a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to acquire ENVI software and maintenance.

Monday, June 1st, 2015

Exelis Monitors Illinois Site for Carbon Dioxide Emissions

ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 1, 2015 — Exelis (NYSE: XLS) is monitoring a site in Illinois for possible carbon  dioxide (CO₂) emissions as part of a program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy  seeking to improve greenhouse gas-monitoring technologies.  The project is administered through DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory.

Monday, June 1st, 2015

MobileVue Sets VUEWorks Free!

June 1, 2015 — Data Transfer Solutions, LLC (DTS), the makers of VUEWorks®, announce the official release of MobileVue™. Freedom from the desk and into the field with VUEWorks® we go.

Friday, May 29th, 2015

NASA Awards $5 Million to UTEP to Develop Next Generation Rocket Engines

EL PASO, Texas, May 29, 2015 — The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has been awarded a $5 million grant from NASA to develop the next generation of rocket engines using liquid methane.

Friday, May 29th, 2015

Seisland Surveys Wins Esri Canada’s Award of Excellence in GIS

CALGARY, Esri Canada User Conference, May 29, 2015 — Rapid access to asset information is valuable to companies in nearly all industries, especially to those in oil and gas where there is constant risk of pipeline ruptures, oil spills and fires.

Friday, May 29th, 2015

MEMSIC to Showcase its Latest Sensing Solutions at Sensors Expo and Conference 2015

Andover, MA, May 29, 2015 — MEMSIC, Inc. plans to demonstrate its latest advanced technologies at the Sensors Expo and Conference, to be held June 10-11 2015 at the Long Beach Convention Center, CA, booth number 245.

Friday, May 29th, 2015

New Mapping Agreement to Benefit United Kingdom and Ireland Location Data Users

May 29, 2015 — A new three party agreement between Ordnance Survey (GB), Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) and Land and Property Services (LPS) Northern Ireland is set to improve access and availability of mapping services for customers and government users operating across the UK and Ireland.

Thursday, May 28th, 2015

Airbus Defence and Space and Spectrum Conduct a Joint Analysis of Hydrocarbon Potential in Ireland’s Porcupine Basin

May 28, 2015 — Airbus Defence and Space and seismic multi-client acquisition and imaging specialist Spectrum Geo have launched a 2D seismic and seep study programme for the Porcupine Basin, just ahead of the Irish Licensing Round.