PALO ALTO, Calif.- Orbital Insight, the leader in geospatial analytics, announced today that it has acquired FeatureX, a privately-held, Boston-based artificial intelligence company. The acquisition brings new talent to Orbital Insight’s expert team and expands the...
USACE Names Woolpert to $49M AEG Mapping Contract
MOBILE, Ala. — Woolpert was selected for a $49 million shared capacity contract for architecture and engineering services to provide survey and mapping for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), South Atlantic Division, Mobile District. This contract will support...
The Emergency Communications District of Shelby County, Tennessee, Improves 911 Call Plotting and GIS Data Using Nearmap's Aerial Imagery
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah - The Shelby County, Tennessee, Emergency Communications District has implemented Nearmap high-resolution aerial imagery to geocode and plot new addresses and developments into the 911 mapping systems to help fire and rescue, emergency medical...
First South Korea Government Drone Project Completed with SimActive
Montreal, Canada, September 18th, 2018 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is proud to announce it enabled the first government drone mapping project in South Korea. Asia Aero Survey (AAS), a SimActive regional partner, used...
SSTL Confirms the Successful Launch of NovaSAR-1 and SSTL S1-4 Satellites by Staff Writers Guildford, UK (SPX) Sep 18, 2018
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has confirmed the successful launch of two satellites, NovaSAR-1, a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite, and SSTL S1-4, a high resolution optical Earth Observation satellite. The two satellites were launched into a 580km...
Trimble Adds Galileo and BeiDou to VRS Now Service in North America
Galileo and BeiDou observation data are now included with Trimble VRS Now subscriptions in North America. The addition of the Galileo and BeiDou constellations allow users to make use of more satellites, enabling more robust performance when working in harsh GNSS...
AF Announces Selection of GPS III Follow-on Contract
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- The U.S. Air Force announced selection of Lockheed Martin for a fixed-price-type production contract for 22 GPS III Follow-On satellites with a total estimated contract value up to $7.2 billion. “The world is dependent on GPS, from...
US Nuclear Performs Drone-RAD Flight Demonstration for Urban Shield Event
Los Angeles, CA - US Nuclear Corp. (OTCBB: UCLE) recently attended and participated in the Urban Shield event from September 7-10, 2018 in the Bay Area. Urban Shield is a disaster training exercise involving local, national, and international first responder...
Microdrones to Offer FREE $150 Value of Workshops at the Commercial UAV Expo of America
ROME, N.Y. - Microdrones will be a main contributor at this year’s Commercial UAV Expo of America, offering a series of drone workshops at the event and an in-depth technical symposium following the conclusion of the Expo. Dr. Mohamed Mostafa, Director of...
Delair Receives Funding from Intel Capital to Drive Innovation in the Commercial Drone Data Market
TOULOUSE, France – Delair, a leading global supplier of commercial drone solutions, today announced that it has recently closed its expansion round with an investment from Intel Capital. For the past year, Delair and Intel have been collaborating on the Intel®...
