Monday, April 29th, 2019
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced an agreement with Nikon Corporation, under which Sendai Nikon Corporation, a Nikon subsidiary, will manufacture lidar sensors for Velodyne with plans to start mass production in the second half of 2019. The partnership cements Velodyne’s manufacturing plan and expands its lead in the global lidar sensor market.
Monday, April 29th, 2019
WESTMINSTER, CO – Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development, Inc. (TRI-AD), Toyota’s automated driving software development company, Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX:MAXR), a global technology innovator powering the new space economy, and NTT DATA Corporation, a leading IT services provider, today announced they will collaborate on a proof of concept to build automated high-definition (HD) maps for autonomous
Monday, April 29th, 2019
TOULOUSE, France (Airbus Defence and Space PR) – Airbus Defence and Space and Orbital Insight have expanded upon their partnership agreement to create Earth Monitor, a powerful change analysis and insights service which provides situation awareness over archived or newly tasked areas of interest. Earth Monitor, available through Airbus’ OneAtlas Platform, leverages Orbital Insight’s machine
Friday, April 26th, 2019
DENVER, April 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Intermap Technologies has been awarded its first contract for its new, high-resolution aviation terrain dataset announced in December. An international drone operator which delivers medical supplies has signed a multi-year contract in which Intermap will deliver its new Lido/SurfaceData NEXTView terrain dataset to improve flight efficiency, navigation and safety. Intermap’s
Friday, April 26th, 2019
Kongsberg Geospatial, an Ottawa-based geospatial technology company announced the release of IRIS UxS 2.0, an updated and enhanced version of their Fleet Control Station and Airspace Management System. IRIS UxS provides drone operators with enhanced airspace awareness, navigational tools, and deconfliction and air safety features for BVLOS operators, while providing airspace managers with an integrated
Friday, April 26th, 2019
MENLO PARK, Calif.— Researchers from SRI International have successfully demonstrated new Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) capabilities with a radar developed for CubeSat-based earth science applications. Designed for the power and thermal requirements of the space environment, the low-weight, highly compact sensor has the potential to improve short-term forecasting of geologic hazards and enable more
Friday, April 26th, 2019
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the launch of Trimble PULSE® Remote Expert, an augmented reality (AR) tool that improves the productivity of field service technicians by connecting them with support experts via video, audio and spatial annotations in real-time. The AR tool provides remotely-located users with a shared, live view using the camera
Friday, April 26th, 2019
Orlando, FL – Rick Singh, CFA, today announced that the Orange County Property Appraiser’s office (OCPA) has added Reveal™ ultra-high-resolution aerial imagery from EagleView to its collection of assets for real property assessment. Reveal is the highest resolution aerial imagery on the market today, capturing images at a sub-one-inch ground sample distance (GSD). This advanced technology
Friday, April 26th, 2019
DENVER – In partnership with Intermap Technologies, IgniteNet™ is developing an enhancement of their LinqPath cloud-based network planning platform. The new tools will provide operators with the ability to plan their RF deployments down to 1m accuracy. Incorporating powerful Intermap® elevation data for improved link planning and viewshed analysis will allow LinqPath to achieve the accuracy
Friday, April 26th, 2019
AUSTIN, Texas – Slingshot Aerospace, an advanced analytics company, today announced $5 million in new seed funding. The round was led by ATX Venture Partners with participation from new investor Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. The Rise of the Rest Seed Fund is part of Revolution, the Washington DC-based investment firm founded by
