Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
USGIF and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) co-hosted an inaugural GEOINT 2020 Innovation Tradecraft Competition on Feb. 4, at the Trajectory Event Center in Herndon, Virginia. The first round featured 17 presentations demonstrating best practices in data discovery and alignment to address mission problems through visualization, discovering needles in needle stacks, data sharing, and interoperability. Participating organizations included AGI,
Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
The beginning of 2020 is special to most Chinese – with a sudden coronavirus outbreak firstly occurred in Wuhan, China, all cities joined to fight with efforts. Shenzhen MicroMultiCopter (MMC) quickly launched the UAV prevention solutions and invested a service team of over 200 people rushing to the front line with over 100 drones deployed in
Monday, February 10th, 2020
The credential confirms Woolpert’s ability to implement and support the latest Esri software solutions. DAYTON, Ohio (Feb. 10, 2020) — Woolpert has been named a partner in Esri’s Release Ready Specialty. This distinction recognizes that Woolpert is an early adopter of Esri technologies and has an expert staff that can be trusted to install, integrate
Monday, February 10th, 2020
Satellite data analytics company Rezatec has won a contract for a pipeline risk assessment deployment with leading utility HERA Group, through its Italian partners, Isoil Industria SPA. HERA Group is a multi-utility, populated with 11 local utilities, in the north of Italy. Last year HERA Group accepted membership into the Leading Utilities of the World network
Monday, February 10th, 2020
LONDON – OneWeb, the global communications company with a mission to bring connectivity to everyone everywhere, today announced the successful launch of 34 satellites, aboard a Soyuz launch vehicle from the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Lift-off occurred on February 06th at 21:42 pm UTC. The OneWeb satellites separated from the rocket and were dispensed in nine
Monday, February 10th, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO – Iris Automation today announced that customer United Drone Holdings (UDH) has been granted the first BVLOS flight approval by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) to conduct long-range commercial flights with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. The SACAA’s approval for the flight was granted based on the utilization of the Iris
Monday, February 10th, 2020
RENO, Nev. – Flirtey, the industry-leading drone delivery service, announced today it has been granted a key patent that will enhance its fundamental technology with an additional component to safety in drone flights and deliveries. This granted patent will enhance safety when drone manufacturers implement technologies such as parachutes, while a drone is in flight and
Monday, February 10th, 2020
Orbit Logic has announced today that they are a member of the Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SSCI) Blackjack Pit Boss team for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The DARPA Blackjack program aims to demonstrate the capabilities of a proliferated low Earth orbit (P-LEO) system through a variety of on-orbit experiments using 20 low-cost
Monday, February 10th, 2020
The project will help the government prepare for and recover from natural disasters and climate change. CASTRIES, Saint Lucia — The Woolpert-GDS Joint Venture (JV) has been contracted to acquire topographic and bathymetric lidar data of Saint Lucia’s entire landmass and coastal zone. The contract was signed under the World Bank’s Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project
Friday, February 7th, 2020
ARLINGTON, Va. – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announced the FLIR A8580 series of thermal science cameras: a 1.3 megapixel, entry-level cooled camera designed for a wide range of industrial, military, science, and product research and development (R&D) applications. This camera records blur-free images of high-speed targets, offers a wide range of precision, manual
