Friday, September 25th, 2020
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., – Today, Matternet, developer of the world’s leading urban drone logistics platform, announced it is expanding operations to Asia through a new business partnership with Japan Airlines (JAL). The partnership is to deploy the Matternet M2 drone system in Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s new “drone logistics business development project”, and utilize the system to assess drone delivery
Friday, September 25th, 2020
US-based retail giant Walmart launched a pilot programme to deliver Covid-19 tests to homes located within around 1.6 km of their store in North Las Vegas. The drones will deliver the test kits to people’s front yards, driveways or nearest sidewalks free of cost and could take as little as five minutes, CNN reported. Once they place
Friday, September 25th, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – ANRA Technologies, a leader in UAS Traffic Management (UTM), today announced the release of ANRA MissionManager™. Building upon years of experience developing and deploying its drone operations software platform, MissionManager is the only turnkey drone operations solution that integrates fleet management, compliance, risk mitigation, flight automation, data capture, and analysis into a
Thursday, September 24th, 2020
A powerful fragmentation analysis tool is a highlight of Maptek PointStudio 2020 geospatial modelling and reporting software, released to customers this week. Better understanding of fragmentation can account for phenomenal downstream cost-efficiencies, with implications for many aspects of an operation, according to Group Product Manager Mine Measurement, Jason Richards. ‘Sub-optimal fragmentation is immediately associated with
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020
ALHAMBRA, Calif. – EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ: EMKR), a leading provider of advanced mixed-signal products that serve the aerospace & defense and broadband communications markets, announced today the introduction of the Model 1790 1550 nm High-Power Laser Module for LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) and Optical Sensing. The 1790 laser module was developed for use as
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020
Atlanta-based drone manufacturer Sonin Hybrid has just unveiled a revolutionary 140MPH+ drone (with FAA waiver) built exclusively for first responders. The Sonin Hybrid Recruit has a fully-equipped flight time over three hours and can reach speeds over three times faster than most of the fastest commercial drones available today. As a result of its enhanced
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020
Amsterdam, Netherlands – TomTom (TOM2), the leading independent location technology specialist, today announced that it will provide Maserati with maps, navigation software and connected services for the all-new Maserati Intelligent Assistant (MIA) in-vehicle infotainment system. Drivers of upcoming Ghibli, Levante and Quattroporte models will be the first to benefit from a wide range of innovative features provided by TomTom, including:
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020
HELSINKI, Finland – ICEYE, a World-leading SAR data provider, today announced the closing of a larger than planned for $87M Series C funding, led by the return investor True Ventures, with a substantial investment contribution from OTB Ventures. ICEYE has so far successfully launched 5 satellite missions, starting with the first ever small SAR satellite launched in January 2018. The company
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020
OLATHE, Kan., Sept. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Terracon is pleased to announce its acquisition of Environmental Planning Group (EPG), headquartered in Phoenix. EPG is a privately held consulting company with more than two decades serving public- and private-sector clients in the Western U.S. and nationally. Founded in 1999, EPG offers interdisciplinary services including environmental planning and permitting, landscape architecture
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Hexagon’s Safety & Infrastructure division today introduced HxGN OnCall® Dispatch | Smart Advisor, the industry’s first assistive artificial intelligence (AI) technology designed to help public safety agencies detect and respond to complex emergencies sooner. Using AI, advanced statistics and machine learning (ML), Smart Advisor mines operational data in real-time to fill blind spots
