On Jan. 19, 2014, NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of a bloom of microscopic organisms off the southeastern coast of Brazil. Biologists working in the area have identified the bloom as a fast-swimming ciliate protist. Though it is not a true phytoplankter, it is an autotroph, i.e., it makes its own food.
With the imagery sensor and associated electronics now integrated, the completed WorldView-3 satellite bus is ready for system-level performance testing, followed by thermal vacuum and environmental testing.
Applanix and American Aerospace Advisors Inc. (AAAI) completed a successful series of test flights of AAAI’s RS-16 platform equipped with an Applanix DMS-UAV aerial photogrammetry payload.
European Space Agency satellites have helped scientists discover that El Niño-induced droughts have caused global declines in evapotranspiration despite rising temperatures.
A layer of haze filled China's Sichuan Basin on Jan. 23, 2014, when NASA's Terra satellite acquired a natural-color image of the phenomenon.
ROHNERT PARK, Calif., Jan. 24, 2014—The GeoDragon sensor system has now been integrated and flown on an Arcturus UAV T-20 Tier II unmanned aerial vehicle. The sensor system is enclosed in a wing-mounted pod and is capable of high-resolution 2-D and 3-D image...
Redlands, Calif., Jan. 27, 2014—Are you ready for the big game? In honor of Super Bowl XLVIII on Sunday, February 5, we’ve created a pair of maps that provide different views into the NFL’s annual championship game. Super Bowl Perspectives Map See everything you...
London, Jan. 22, 2014—The UK Ministry of Defence has declared Initial Operating Capability (IOC) on a new development in battlefield geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) that provides significantly improved situational awareness for the British Army. Lockheed Martin UK...
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 23, 2014—The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) built unmanned demonstrator aircraft used for maritime surveillance missions by the U.S. Navy surpassed 10,000 combat flying hours supporting intelligence-gathering missions in the Middle East....
RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 22, 2014—PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it has updated its Historical Airphoto Processing (HAP) workflow. The HAP workflow, released to...
