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Tuesday, February 17th, 2015

General Atomics to Build 24 MQ-9 Block 5 Reaper Attack UAS in $279.1 Million Contract

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Feb.17, 2015—Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) designers at General Atomics in Poway, Calif., will provide the U.S. Air Force with 24 MQ-9 Block 5 Reaper attack drones under terms of a $279.1 million contract announced earlier this month.

Monday, February 16th, 2015

Geospatial Media Presents ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ to Rajendra S Pawar

Feb.16 – Geospatial Media Presents ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ to Rajendra S Pawar, Chairman, NIIT Group for Leadership Role in Promoting the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Industry in India.

Monday, February 16th, 2015

Airbus Defence and Space to build SES-14 satellite

Feb.16, 2015- Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, has been awarded a contract by SES, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, to design and develop SES-14, a highly innovative telecommunications satellite.

Monday, February 16th, 2015

DAT/EM Summit Evolution Compatible with Blue Marble’s Global Mapper

Hallowell, Me., Feb.16, 2015—The new Global Mapper Extension from DAT/EM Systems International connects Global Mapper from Blue Marble Geographics with any edition (Professional, Feature Collection or Lite) of DAT/EM’s famous Summit Evolution stereoplotter. The extension is provided at no additional cost with any purchased or supported Summit Evolution license. It enables Summit Evolution to be

Monday, February 16th, 2015

1Spatial announces successful renewal as a G-Cloud supplier and extends offerings on the Digital Marketplace

Cambridge, Feb.16, 2015—1Spatial plc, the spatial big data company, is pleased to announce its successful renewal, as a supplier, to The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) G-Cloud framework.

Monday, February 16th, 2015

SPAR International Exhibit Floor 85% Sold with Record Number of New Exhibitors Signed On

Portland, Me., Feb.16, 2015—SPAR Point Group today announced that the SPAR International exhibit floor is over 85% sold, with a record number of new exhibitors signed on for 2015. To date, over 55 leading 3D hardware manufacturers, software suppliers and service providers have signed on to exhibit at the 12th annual event, 16 of which

Monday, February 16th, 2015

Dewberry Selects LP360 for LIDAR Workflows

Huntsville, AL – Feb. 16, 2015– QCoherent Software is pleased to announce that Dewberry has purchased multiple copies of LP360 for use in a variety of LIDAR workflows. Amar Nayegandhi, Associate Vice President and Director of Remote Sensing, oversees LIDAR data processing for Dewberry. Mr. Nayegandhi stated that he had chosen LP360 after evaluating multiple

Thursday, February 12th, 2015

US Senator Introduces New UAS Legislature

Feb., 12, 2015—Senator Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., recently introduced the Safe Skies for Unmanned Aircraft Act of 2015, to support research and the development of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at facilities similar to Grand Forks, North Dakota’s UAS Test Site.

Thursday, February 12th, 2015

Earthstar Geographics Releases Arctic Ocean 15-Meter Satellite Imagery Mosaic

Feb. 12, 2015—In response to the rapidly increasing demand for high quality geodata of the Arctic Ocean, Earthstar Geographics LLC (San Diego, CA, USA) has compiled a detailed satellite imagery mosaic of the entire region and released it in map projections optimized for visualizing the northern polar areas. TerraColor satellite imagery, long used by organizations

Thursday, February 12th, 2015

Xactware Introduces Remote Sensing Lab

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 12, 2015 — Today, at its sixth annual user conference, Xactware announced the Xactware Remote Sensing Lab, a collaborative industry group dedicated to developing remote sensing technologies specifically for the property industry. Xactware is a Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK) business.