Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, Dec. 11, 2013—MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. ("MDA" or the "Company") (TSX: MDA), a global communications and information company, announced today that it has been contracted by the Commonwealth of Australia to continue...
MDA Joins ESA Third Party Mission Program
Richmond, B.C., Canada, Dec. 12, 2013—MDA’s Information Systems group announced today that it has signed an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide RADARSAT-2 information to user groups under ESA’s Third Party Mission Program. The RADARSAT...
PCI Geomatics Awards Beijing Space Eye Innovation as Top Platinum Reseller
RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada, Dec. 16, 2013—PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it has awarded Beijing Space Eye Innovation Technology Co. Ltd (BSEI) as the company’s  #1...
Proteus Provides Satellite-Derived Bathymetric and Seafloor Maps for Military Exercise
ABU DHABI, UAE, and BRISTOL, UK, Dec. 11, 2013–Proteus FZC, a provider of satellite-derived mapping solutions, delivered accurate bathymetric and seafloor classification maps for a joint UK-France amphibious military exercise on the Island of Corsica. In the pilot...
Swisstopo Scales to New Heights with Zadara Cloud Storage at AWS EU Data Center
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 11, 2013—Zadara™ Storage, Inc., provider of enterprise-class private cloud storage by the hour, announced that Swisstopo, the federal mapping agency for the Swiss confederation, has deployed Zadara’s Virtual Private Storage Array™ (VPSA)...
Islands of the Four Mountains Rise from the Sea
Morning sunlight illuminates the southeast-facing slopes of the Islands of the Four Mountains in this photograph taken from the International Space Station. The islands, part of the Aleutian Island chain, are actually the upper slopes of volcanoes rising from the sea floor.
SkySat-1 Returns First Images
SkySat-1, the first of Skybox Imaging's planned constellation of 24 satellites, is one of the world's smallest satellites capable of capturing sub-meter Earth imagery.
From the South Pole: Ice Loss on the Rise
Three years of CryoSat satellite observations show West Antarctic Ice Sheet losses of more than 150 cubic kilometers of ice annually, considerably more than when last surveyed.
From the North Pole: Arctic Waters Continue to Warm
The Arctic continued to shift to a warmer, greener state in 2013, according to the latest annual Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA.
Aviation Schools Prep for UAS Job Growth
Many academic institutions are eager to cash in on the booming market for unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operators expected to develop when UASs become legal to fly in U.S. airspace.
