Tuesday, January 19th, 2021
CHESEAUX-SUR-LAUSANNE, Switzerland, January 2021 – senseFly, the global leader in fixed-wing drones, today unveils the launch of its new e-learning platform and dedicated Certified senseFly Operator Program, developed to equip unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operators with the knowledge and skills required to carry out drone missions more accurately, safely and efficiently. Through the unique, easy-to-use
Friday, January 15th, 2021
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR, VLDRW) today commended the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) plan to update to its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). The NHTSA proposal would add four advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) capabilities to the NCAP, keeping pace with evolving safety technologies and providing much-needed information
Friday, January 15th, 2021
BOULDER, Colo.- ProStar Holdings (“ProStar” or the “Company”) (TSXV:MAPS) is pleased to report that the Colorado Department of Transportation (“CDOT”) mandate that requires use of ProStar’s™ PointMan® software is effective today. The new mandate requires that over 150 utility companies and more than 1,000 utility installation stakeholders are now required to use ProStar’s PointMan mobile
Friday, January 15th, 2021
Amersfoort, The Netherlands – The World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) is pleased to announce that Ms. Barbara J Ryan as its Executive Director, effective January 1, 2020. Further, Sanjay Kumar completed his tenure as the Chief Executive Officer on December 31, 2020, and will continue to serve the global Council as its Secretary-General. Mr. Sanjay Kumar, through his collaborative leadership,
Friday, January 15th, 2021
St. Paul, Minnesota – SharedGeo is pleased to announce it has created an open source solution to a longstanding cartographic problem by creating a free web service to generate a magnetic declination diagram. In cartography, a declination diagram is used to provide a graphic representation of the variations between true north, grid north, and magnetic
Friday, January 15th, 2021
St. Paul, Minnesota – SharedGeo is pleased to announce it has created an open source solution to a longstanding cartographic problem by creating a free web service to generate a magnetic declination diagram. In cartography, a declination diagram is used to provide a graphic representation of the variations between true north, grid north, and magnetic
Thursday, January 14th, 2021
AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems, and Arcturus UAV, Inc., a privately-held leading provider of Group 2 and 3 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and services, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which AeroVironment will acquire Arcturus UAV for a total purchase price of $405 million, including
Thursday, January 14th, 2021
Geneva – WISeKey International Holding Ltd (“WISeKey”, SIX: WIHN / Nasdaq: WKEY), a leading cybersecurity, AI and IoT company, today announced that it has developed WISeToken utility token, a blockchain-based asset to be used by drones and robots to secure IoT interactions (drone-to-drone or people-to-drone) and to recognize and trust each other. The WISeKey Validation
Thursday, January 14th, 2021
SHENZHEN, China-RoboSense officially announced the SOP version of the high-performance, automotive-grade, MEMS solid-state LiDAR RS-LiDAR-M1 at CES 2021. In the past five years of research and development, M1 has gone through dozens of iterations and has been presented at the CES for 4 consecutive years winning two CES Innovation Awards. Since July 2020, M1 has
Thursday, January 14th, 2021
WHITE SALMON, Wash.– Sagetech Avionics, an innovative technology company providing industry-leading situational awareness solutions for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), announced today it has received a U.S. Air Force Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract for the initial development phase of components for a type-certifiable detect-and-avoid (DAA) system. The resulting system will enable UAS to safety operate
