Wednesday, July 21st, 2021
Robotic Skies, Inc, a global marketplace for professional commercial drone maintenance and repair services, announced its new headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah. The facility centralizes company operations and advances its service capabilities, including onboarding, training, and logistics support for marketplace partners. In addition, the location provides a testbed environment to optimize new drone maintenance
Wednesday, July 21st, 2021
Velodyne Lidar CEO Anand Gopalan is leaving the lidar company at the end of July as the sensor supplier continues to struggle with internal drama. Gopalan, who was previously CTO, is leaving the top leadership position after about a year and a half on the job. Velodyne said Monday in a statement that a team
Wednesday, July 21st, 2021
ORLANDO, Fla.-Today, Luminar Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LAZR) announced it is acquiring its exclusive InGaAs chip design partner and manufacturer, OptoGration Inc., bringing specialized core IP and securing supply chain as Luminar scales Iris into series production with its OEM customers. The acquisition secures a key part of Luminar’s supply chain and enables deeper integration with
Wednesday, July 21st, 2021
RALEIGH, N.C.-PrecisionHawk, Inc., a leading provider of actionable intelligence for enterprises’ physical assets, today announced it is collaborating with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) to bring a new wave of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) instruction to electric co-ops across the United States. The course and skills assessment are designed to increase unmanned aircraft
Wednesday, July 21st, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO – Swift Navigation, a San Francisco-based tech firm redefining GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) and precise positioning technology for autonomous vehicles, automotive, mobile and mass-market applications, today announced a partnership with Tokyo-based KDDI Corporation. KDDI is an international telecommunications company on the forefront of using technology innovations to provide a high-quality and high-reliability network that
Wednesday, July 21st, 2021
Global Design and BIM Software Provider Will Serve as Technical Member of International Consortium Columbia, MD — Today, global design and BIM software provider, Vectorworks, Inc. announces its official membership in the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), a global resource for geospatial information and standards. As a technical member, Vectorworks will offer its experience and expertise
Wednesday, July 21st, 2021
Two global leaders in Geospatial and Earth Observation data and services, e-GEOS, an Italian Space Agency (ASI- 20%) and Telespazio (80%) company, and ISI (ImageSat International), a world leader in space-based intelligence solutions, have announced a partnership to form the world’s most capable commercial Elettro Optical-SAR earth observation satellite constellation. e-GEOS and ISI have established
Monday, July 19th, 2021
Open Maps For Europe has confirmed coverage for its first release of open data later this summer. EuroGeographics, which is coordinating the project in partnership with National Geographic Institute (NGI) Belgium, has announced that 33 National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities (NMCAs) will contribute to the new open data digital elevation model. The not-for-profit association
Monday, July 19th, 2021
NACKA STRAND, Sweden – Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital reality solutions, today announced the acquisition of Immersal Oy, a pioneer and leading innovator of spatial mapping and visual positioning solutions used to produce augmented reality (AR) applications. AR applications enhance real-world experiences by augmenting a user’s visual perception with the display of digital content
Monday, July 19th, 2021
HERNDON, Va.-BlackSky Holdings, Inc. (“BlackSky”), a leading technology platform providing real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring, today shared that Bluesky International (Bluesky), the leading aerial survey company in the U.K. and Republic of Ireland, has joined BlackSky’s Global Reseller Program. As a reseller, Bluesky has access to BlackSky’s image archive and its subscription-based global monitoring
