Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
MONROVIA, Calif. Oct. 8, 2014 – AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) announced the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected the company and its team of industry leaders to follow its successful phase I concept design effort with a phase II preliminary design for the Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node, or Tern. The 12-month, $19,035,007 phase II effort seeks to
Tuesday, October 7th, 2014
BERLIN, Oct. 7, 2014—RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems is presenting an impressive display at INTERGEO. Both at RIEGL’s indoor booth A3.014 in hall 3.1 as well as in its outdoor area at booth FG.002 new revolutionary products are being unveiled. RIEGL is excited to announce the release of the RiCOPTER! RIEGL is the first major LiDAR manufacturer
Tuesday, October 7th, 2014
BERLIN, Oct. 7, 2014—Applanix, a world leader in products and solutions for mobile mapping and positioning, introduced today a new solution that enables major improvements in unmanned airborne mapping: the Applanix® APX-15 UAV GNSS-Inertial System. The APX-15 UAV is designed to maximize the efficiency of mapping from small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by reducing – or
Monday, October 6th, 2014
BERLIN, Germany, Oct. 6, 2014—Leica Geosystems, Aibotix and Headwall Photonics provide as of now an integrated high performance airborne sensor solution utilizing a hyperspectral imager and the Aibot X6 UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle). The Nano-Hyperspec sensor was optimized in terms of size, weight, and power to enable the aerial acquisition of all spectral and spatial
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014
Heerbrugg, Switzerland/Kassel, Germany, Oct. 1, 2014—At this year’s INTERGEO in Berlin, Leica Geosystems and its sister company, Aibotix, will present a solution for accurate positioning of the Aibot X6 without GNSS. The UAV can be tracked accurately with the Leica Nova MultiStation to define the exact position.
Monday, September 29th, 2014
Swiss mini drone producer senseFly has joined AgGateway, becoming the first UAV manufacturer to join this non-profit consortium of businesses that serve the agriculture industry.
Monday, September 29th, 2014
VAUGHAN, ON, Canada, Sept. 29, 2014 — Optech is pleased to announce that it will be showcasing game-changing technologies at this year’s INTERGEO Conference and Trade Fair for Geodesy in Berlin, Germany on October 7-9, and has several exciting new developments to share with visitors to booth D4.021 in Hall 4.1.
Thursday, September 18th, 2014
PrecisionHawk, an information delivery company that uses a small, lightweight UAV and cloud-based software to collect, process and analyze aerial data, today announced it has closed a Series B financing round of approximately $10 million led by New York City-based investor Millennium Technology Value Partners.
Monday, September 15th, 2014
The big boom in unmanned aircraft may come from what’s known as precision agriculture — using high-tech systems to help farmers increase yields and cut costs. In recent years, consumer-quality drones that are cheaper and easier to fly have become commonplace, but Federal Aviation Administration rules have restricted their civilian use to recreation and research
