SANTA CLARA, Calif.- Based on its recent analysis of the North American mapping and live location market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Mapbox as the 2019 North American Platform of the Year for furnishing a truly developer-centric live location platform....
Kratos Receives $65 Million in Recent Space and Satellite Communications Contract Awards
SAN DIEGO - Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that it has received recent space and satellite communications contract awards and options on existing contracts totaling...
Teledyne e2v has Provided New Horizons With Two Specialist Image Sensors
The American space agency’s New Horizons probe remains on course for its daring flyby of Ultima Thule between 29th December 2018 and 4th January 2019. When the mission sweeps past the 30km wide object on New Year’s Day, it will be making the most distant ever...
LiDARUSA Works With Allegiant Partners for US Leasing
LiDARUSA is pleased to announce they now offer leasing options to qualifying US buyers with Allegiant Partners, Inc. Allegiant Partners, Inc., now doing business as AP Equipment Financing, was founded in 1998 to serve small businesses by lessening the burden of...
Vexcel Imaging Opens Office in China
World leading digital aerial camera and mobile mapping solution provider Vexcel Imaging GmbH, Austria, announced today the opening of its newest office in Shenzhen, P.R. China. Â China is a highly important market for Vexcel Imaging. Vexcel Imaging began providing...
Maxar's SSL Highlights its U.S. Industry Leadership in Next-Generation Solar Electric Propulsion
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...
NSGIC Releases First-Year Report for Geo-Enabled Elections Project, Including First Draft of Best Practices for Implementing GIS in Elections
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...
Planet to Acquire Boundless to Further Support U.S. Government Business
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...
Maxar's SSL Awarded Contract to Provide GEO SmallSat for Mobile Broadband Company
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...
UAS degree at Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus First in the Nation to Offer beyond Line of Sight Flight Operations to Students
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...