Friday, December 21st, 2018
(Sun Prairie, WI) – December, 2018 – Continental Mapping Consultants, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Briere as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Briere served previously as the General Manager for Continental Mapping’s Civil Works Sector, which experienced record growth under his direction. Mr. Briere’s experience and proven success in the industry translate
Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
PALO ALTO, Calif. – December 19, 2018 – SSL, a Maxar Technologies company (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR), and a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, recently demonstrated its next generation solar-electric propulsion system on two commercial missions to geostationary orbit (GEO). As a U.S. industry leader, SSL continues to develop commercially sustained high power spacecraft
Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
New Orleans, LA – National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) has released the first-year report of phase one of its Geo-Enabled Elections project, highlighting the project’s accomplishments in the first twelve months. These include completing a baseline assessment of how far states have come, to date, in terms of integrating geographic information systems (GIS) with
Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
SALINA — Kansas State University’s Polytechnic Campus is offering $500 scholarships to first responders interested in attending the small unmanned aircraft systems, or sUAS, commercial remote pilot training course in 2019. The available scholarships reduce the overall course cost by 50 percent and still cover the fee for the Federal Aviation Administration written exam at the completion of
Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
Today Planet announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Boundless Spatial Inc., a St. Louis-based geospatial software solutions company, to further support our commercial business with the U.S. government and agricultural clients. The acquisition expands Planet’s commercial business with the U.S. government and commercial agriculture clients. Boundless is a leader in geospatial data management software and is aligned
Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
PALO ALTO, Calif. – SSL, a Maxar Technologies company (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR), and a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, announced a contract award to manufacture a small geostationary (GEO) satellite for Ovzon, a company located in the U.S. and Sweden dedicated to meeting the demand for increased mobile broadband connectivity in
Monday, December 17th, 2018
SALINA — Students studying unmanned aircraft systems at the Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus are receiving a rare flight experience in some of their courses that is positioning them at the forefront of the drone industry. Kansas State Polytechnic’s UAS flight and operations degree option is the first in the nation to introduce flying beyond visual line of sight into
Monday, December 17th, 2018
TITUSVILLE, Florida – The U.S. Air Force’s first Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-built GPS III satellite is now encapsulated for its planned December 18 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. GPS III Space Vehicle 01 (GPS III SV01) underwent pre-launch processing, fueling and encapsulation at Astrotech Space
Monday, December 17th, 2018
San Francisco and Leuven, Belgium – Septentrio, a leader in high-precision GNSS technology, is pleased to partner with Point One Navigation, a provider of precise location as a service, for autonomous vehicle demonstrations during CES 2019 in Las Vegas. Invitees will be able to ride in a fully autonomous demonstration vehicle that incorporates technology from
