Designed to enable the automated and efficient inspection of solar farms, the new senseFly Solar 360 solution, with Raptor Maps, will be showcased on booth 2215 at AUVSI XPONENTIAL, McCormick Center, Chicago, from April 30 to May 2, 2019. Cheseaux, Switzerland, April...
European Space Agency names PLATO exoplanet hunting mission sensors in memory of Jean-Francois Bruyères
CHELMSFORD, UK, April 30, 2019 — The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially designated the CCD sensors that comprise the focal plane arrays of the 26 telescopes being supplied for ESA’s PLATO exoplanet hunting mission, CCD Bruyères. ESA officially...
Ballard Launches Turnkey Fuel Cell Solutions to Power Commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
VANCOUVER and CHICAGO - Ballard Unmanned Systems, Inc. – a subsidiary of Ballard Power Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) – today announced the launch of the FCair™ fuel cell product line, a complete long duration fuel cell power solution for commercial...
ATA, LLC Partners with Harris Corporation to Deliver LAANC Services to the UAS Industry
TYSONS, Va.- ATA, LLC has partnered with Harris Corporation to provide safety-critical aerospace management solutions for the fast-growing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) industry. Under the arrangement, ATA and Harris jointly developed LAANC and obtained all...
GE Aviation and Auterion Team to Provide All-in-One Hardware and Software Platform for Commercial Drones
RENO, Nev.- Today, GE Aviation and Auterion announce the integration of the Auterion Enterprise PX4 operating system on GE Aviation’s Unmanned Aircraft System avionics platform. They show their commitment by signing a teaming agreement to provide a comprehensive...
Fortem Technologies and Unifly Collaborate to Keep Airspace Safe and Secure in a Drone-Enabled World
PLEASANT GROVE, UT - Fortem Technologies, Inc., the leader in airspace awareness, safety and security for a drone world, and Unifly, a leading unmanned traffic management (UTM) provider, announced they will collaborate to develop a joint airspace safety and security...
Ascent AeroSystems Announces New Industrial Grade Drone and Launch Customer
TEWKSBURY, Mass.-Â Massachusetts-based Ascent AeroSystems today announced the specifications, pricing, availability and launch customer for "Spirit," its new dual-rotor coaxial drone and named Huntsville, Alabama-based Dynetics as the launch customer. Â Â Spirit...
Esri President Jack Dangermond Given Royal Honor in Netherlands
REDLANDS, Calif.— Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced that its founder and president Jack Dangermond received the royal Dutch decoration, Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. Jan Hamming, Mayor of Zaanstad, awarded the accolade to...
Pecora Award Honors Excellence in Earth Observation
Two awardees have been recognized with the 2018 William T. Pecora Award for achievements in Earth remote sensing. Barbara J. Ryan has been honored for her many contributions, including promoting public access to Earth observation data. The Ozone Monitoring...
Geodata Provides the Basis, but Collaboration is Key
Karlsruhe/Munich, 29 April 2019. Municipal authorities are well aware when autumn starts. In the future, they will also know exactly where in a city each and every tree is located, its height and trunk diameter, and even the amount of leaves it will shed – useful...
