vHive, the only software solution that enables enterprises to digitize their field assets and operations using autonomous drone hives, announced today that the company is expanding its presence in Europe with a key hire and an office in the United Kingdom. Following...
European Space Imaging continues to deliver 100% success rate of European Commission's CwRS Program
Early last week European Space Imaging finalised the collection of close to 400,000 square kilometers of Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery for the European Commission. This marks the completion of its VHR Image acquisition for the 2019 Controls with Remote...
Control Point Associates, Inc. expands its GIS division with the addition of Dawn F. McCall
WARREN, N.J. - Control Point Associates, Inc. has announced that Dawn F. McCall, GISP has joined the firm as Director of GIS Services. Dawn F. McCall, GISP has been a Geographic Information Systems Professional for over 25 years. She has extensive knowledge in GIS...
FLIR Acquires Tethered Drone Assets and Technology from Aria Insights
ARLINGTON, Va.- FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced that it has acquired the intellectual property (IP) and certain operating assets of Aria Insights, Inc. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed. Previously known as CyPhy Works, Inc., Aria pioneered the...
Esri Releases ArcGIS QuickCapture, a One-Touch Field Data Collection Application
REDLANDS, Calif.- Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced the release of ArcGIS QuickCapture, a mobile app designed for rapid and at-speed field data collection workflows. Data can be collected from a moving vehicle with the touch of a button...
Second Sight Announces $2.4 Million, Four-Year Grant from National Institutes of Health to Develop Spatial Localization and Mapping Technology
LOS ANGELES - Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYES) ("Second Sight" or the “Company"), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of implantable visual prosthetics that are intended to create an artificial form of useful vision to blind individuals, today...
Elasticsearch 7.4.0 released
Today we are pleased to announce the release of Elasticsearch 7.4.0, based on Lucene 8.2.0. Version 7.4 is the latest stable release of Elasticsearch, and is now available for deployment via Elasticsearch Service on Elastic Cloud. Elasticsearch 7.4 features a number...
Kratos Receives $17.6 Million Sole-Source Contract Award for New Tactical Jet Drone System Research, Development and Initial Production
SAN DIEGO - Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Unmanned Systems Division has been awarded an initial $17.6 million sole-source contract for Jet Drone research,...
Cellular-connected Drones to Deliver Life-saving Emergency Defibrillators Following Ground-breaking Canadian Trial
RENFREW, Ontario- A ground-breaking trial using 4G LTE cellular connectivity to enable beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drones to deliver automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to the scene of a cardiac arrest has taken place in the County of Renfrew, Ontario,...
Matternet’s Technology Enabling First FAA-Approved Drone Airline
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Today, Matternet, a pioneer in drone delivery for medical applications, announced its drone delivery system is enabling the first FAA-approved drone airline. The full Part 135 Standard certification was granted to UPS allowing the company to...