Thursday, May 24th, 2018
MCLEAN, Va. – Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) announced today that at 12:47:58pm PDT (19:47:58 UTC) SpaceX successfully launched five Iridium NEXT satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Iridium satellites were joined by the twin spacecraft for the NASA/German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission, in
Thursday, May 24th, 2018
SAN DIEGO – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that it has recently received a number of space and satellite communications contract awards totaling approximately $55 million. Work performed under these awards is expected to be substantially completed over the next 12 months. The awards include
Thursday, May 24th, 2018
REDMOND, Wash. – Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully completed hot-fire testing of a new in-space engine, designated ISE-100. Developed for commercial in-space applications, ISE-100 has the potential to be a critical element for future lunar robotic missions. Producing 100 pounds of thrust, the ISE engine has the capability to provide downward thrust during landing, easing spacecraft down
Thursday, May 24th, 2018
Redlands, California—Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced the opening of a new office in the up-and-coming Waverly neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, in addition to its 3325 Springbank Lane location. The site will be convenient to users in the Southeast interested in learning how to leverage location intelligence and GIS in their
Thursday, May 24th, 2018
REDLANDS, Calif.— Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced the publication of GIS Tutorial for Crime Analysis, second edition. Readers use Esri ArcGIS software and sample data as they work through step-by-step exercises and independent assignments that teach them how to build and manage a crime mapping and analysis system. Geared toward law
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
The Northern Sky Research (NSR) Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Services, 8th Edition report finds that despite a slow 2017 across the board, the global satellite manufacturing and launch market is poised to generate more than $250 billion in the next decade. As commercial and government players begin deploying constellations, turning to smallsats to provide more
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
Bruchsal, Germany, May 22, 2018 – GfK anticipates a 2018 nominal turnover growth of +2.1 percent for stationary retail in the 28 EU member states. But trends within the individual countries under review vary widely. While real-value growth is expected for countries such as France, Spain and Hungary, countries with low growth rates will come
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
TerraGo, a leading provider of dissemination and collaboration software for defense and intelligence agencies, announced today the availability of R3, a mobile data collection and collaboration app customized for the missions of reconnaissance, response and recovery. R3 is available for immediate download in the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) GEOINT App Store. “R3 enhances situational awareness,
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
St. Louis, MO – May 22, 2018 – Boundless, the leader in open and scalable GIS, today introduced Boundless Offline Tile ServerTM, a lightweight, portable, purpose-built map tile server that provides detailed global basemaps on demand while offline. With this announcement, Boundless continues to demonstrate its leadership in innovative GIS solutions and fulfills an important requirement in
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
Herndon, VA – Skyline Software Systems Inc. announced today that it has released PhotoMesh™ v7.4 software suite as part of its SkylineGlobe products. This update integrates light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data, significantly improves processing speed and ground control point editing and increases output options for most GIS standards. PhotoMesh v7.4 supports the loading of
