Tuesday, September 11th, 2018
HOUSTON – Trimble (NASDAQ : TRMB ) announced the introduction of enhancements to its TruETA solution for improved route planning. While estimated time of arrivals (ETAs) are not new to the trucking industry, the application adds a new dynamic to the solution—driver intent. The announcement was made at Trimble’s third annual in.sight user conference + expo.
Tuesday, September 11th, 2018
RICHMOND, BC – MDA, a Maxar Technologies company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.), (NYSE : MAXR ) (TSX: MAXR), today announced that it has signed a multi-million dollar contract with the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) for a one-year maritime surveillance program that includes the delivery of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data products
Tuesday, September 11th, 2018
WEWAHITCHKA, Fla.– Skyborne Technology, Inc., a designer and developer of manned and unmanned next generation aviation systems has opened its new manufacturing facility in Gulf County, FL. The company chose the area specifically to have access to employ manned and unmanned aircraft pilots, skilled manufacturing labor for composites, aircraft aluminum and high bullet proof fabrics.
Monday, September 10th, 2018
September 10, 2018 – Oxford Direct Services (ODS), the service delivery and commercial arm of Oxford City Council, today announced that it is to start providing drone-based services to include roof and building surveying, land mapping, aerial photography and filming. As far as is known, this is the first time a council owned organisation
Monday, September 10th, 2018
ORONTO – SkyX, the Canadian leader in long-range unmanned aerial monitoring and data collection, today announced that the company has closed $9.5 million USD in Series B funding from the Almond Tree/SkyX Limited Partnership (LP), led by Almond Tree Enterprise Inc. This second round of financing brings SkyX’s total funding to date to $15.8 million
Monday, September 10th, 2018
LAS VEGAS – REIN‘s DroneInsurance.com, a digital drone insurance portal, today announced its collaboration with AeroVironment (NASDAQ : AVAV ), a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems for both defense and commercial applications, to offer insurance coverage options for the Quantix™ commercial drone platform. Quantix, together with the AeroVironment Decision Support System™ (AV DSS), provides an
Monday, September 10th, 2018
WESTMINSTER, CO – DigitalGlobe, a Maxar Technologies company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.) (NYSE : MAXR ; TSX: MAXR), today announced the receipt of a renewal award for the Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (Global EGD) contract from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Global EGD provides U.S. Government users with on-demand access to mission-ready, high-resolution
Monday, September 10th, 2018
Antenova Ltd, manufacturer of antennas and RF antenna modules for connected devices and the Internet of Things, is now shipping its latest module for tiny positioning devices – the RADIONOVA M20047-1. This is an active antenna module for GNSS applications in the 1559-1609 MHz satellite bands using GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO or BeiDou. The M20047-1 antenna
Monday, September 10th, 2018
(San Francisco) – PlanetWatchers has developed a new multi-source Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) platform that utilizes multiple SAR sources to deliver actionable insights without the usual delays due to weather, time of day, and environmental conditions. Natural resource managers will now receive enhanced risk management and analytical data from the new platform. World-renowned remote sensing
Monday, September 10th, 2018
TechCrunch Disrupt SF, San Francisco – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, and TomTom (TOM2), the leading independent location technology specialist, today announced a package of development tools in the STM32* Open Development Environment that connect directly to TomTom Maps APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) for location,
