Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
Today Planet announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Boundless Spatial Inc., a St. Louis-based geospatial software solutions company, to further support our commercial business with the U.S. government and agricultural clients. The acquisition expands Planet’s commercial business with the U.S. government and commercial agriculture clients. Boundless is a leader in geospatial data management software and is aligned
Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
PALO ALTO, Calif. – SSL, a Maxar Technologies company (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR), and a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, announced a contract award to manufacture a small geostationary (GEO) satellite for Ovzon, a company located in the U.S. and Sweden dedicated to meeting the demand for increased mobile broadband connectivity in
Monday, December 17th, 2018
SALINA — Students studying unmanned aircraft systems at the Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus are receiving a rare flight experience in some of their courses that is positioning them at the forefront of the drone industry. Kansas State Polytechnic’s UAS flight and operations degree option is the first in the nation to introduce flying beyond visual line of sight into
Monday, December 17th, 2018
TITUSVILLE, Florida – The U.S. Air Force’s first Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-built GPS III satellite is now encapsulated for its planned December 18 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. GPS III Space Vehicle 01 (GPS III SV01) underwent pre-launch processing, fueling and encapsulation at Astrotech Space
Monday, December 17th, 2018
San Francisco and Leuven, Belgium – Septentrio, a leader in high-precision GNSS technology, is pleased to partner with Point One Navigation, a provider of precise location as a service, for autonomous vehicle demonstrations during CES 2019 in Las Vegas. Invitees will be able to ride in a fully autonomous demonstration vehicle that incorporates technology from
Monday, December 17th, 2018
RICHMOND, BC – MDA, a Maxar Technologies company (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR), today announced it was awarded four contracts under the Defence Innovation Research Program (DIRP) with a combined total value of CA$3.8 million. The DIRP supports Canada’s long-term commitment to respond to the scientific and technological needs of the Department of National Defence and Canadian
Monday, December 17th, 2018
Thanks to a new full HD 360° panoramic camera, Italy’s Gexcel says its HERON® system has become a powerful tool for geospatial data mining: “to digitally document, collect and geo-reference large datasets and information inside indoor environments has never been so easy, thanks to the perfect integration with OrbitGT packages too.” In mining it can
Monday, December 17th, 2018
As part of its ongoing strategy to use new technologies to help identify and fix water leaks, Severn Trent has recently completed a successful trial with Earth-i, a New Space pioneer specialising in data analytics and insights. During the UK’s hot summer, Earth-i conducted analysis on imagery captured by British built satellites orbiting at 650km above the Earth. Images
Monday, December 17th, 2018
SAN DIEGO – XYO Network, the technology bringing blockchain to the real world, has partnered with Esri to bring new distributed, blockchain-based location verification functionality to the spatial analytics space. The XYO and Esri partnership is supported through their Startup Program, a coveted three-year program that helps emerging business partners bring new and innovative solutions
Monday, December 17th, 2018
WILSONVILLE, Ore. – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announced three Neutrino™ midwave infrared (MWIR) camera cores: the small, lightweight FLIR Neutrino LC and two FLIR Neutrino Performance series cores, the SX12 and QX. The latest models expand the FLIR Neutrino cooled camera core family for commercial, industrial, and defense original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and
