PALO ALTO, Calif.—SSL, a Maxar Technologies company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.) (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR), and a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, announced today it was selected by NASA’s Jet Propulsion...
Leidos Awarded GEO 7 Task Order to Enhance U.S. Air Traffic System
RESTON, Va. -Â Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), a global science and technology leader, was awarded a task order by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop the 7th Generation geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellite used for the FAA Wide Area Augmentation System...
Hexagon US Federal Selects New President and CEO
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.-Â Hexagon US Federal, a subsidiary of Hexagon, has appointed Tammer Olibah president and chief executive officer. A seasoned executive, Olibah brings nearly two decades of experience leading, developing and implementing technical solutions in both the...
senseFly and Trimble Optimize Workflow for Geospatial Drone Operators
Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland, April 3, 2018—senseFly, the world’s leading producer of professional drone solutions, today announces a new software integration with Trimble, which optimizes the drone mapping workflow for geospatial professionals.  The new...
East View Geospatial Launches On-Demand Milspec Geospatial Data
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, USA – East View Geospatial (EVG), a provider of content-rich geospatial products, is now producing gold-standard large-scale topographic data as an off-the-shelf offering under the product name EV-FGD – East View Foundation Geospatial Data....
Copernicus Data Warehouse Offers 40 cm Imagery Exclusively From European Space Imaging
The Copernicus Data Warehouse is now offering eligible users the ability to order 40 cm satellite imagery in remarkably quick time frames, thanks to a 24 hour service exclusively available from European Space Imaging and its partner DigitalGlobe. On March 16, the...
Fifth Successful Iridium NEXT Launch Completed as Iridium Surpasses 1 Million Subscribers
MCLEAN, Va. - Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) announced today that at 7:13:51 am PDT (14:13:51 UTC) SpaceX successfully launched the fifth set of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. All 10 new satellites have...
Why Aerial Imagery Resolution Matters
A quantum leap in computing capacity has allowed us to model and analyze the real world – all from our desktop and mobile devices. In days past, maps were purely for visualization and direction. Today, they have graduated to full-blown analytics platforms empowering...
Cepton Announces Next-generation LiDAR Solution for Autonomous Vehicles
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Cepton Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of 3D LiDAR solutions for automotive, industrial and mapping applications, today unveiled its Vista LiDAR sensor at the annual NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference, with immediate availability for the...
Pix4D is Announcing Pix4Dfields
To give you fast and accurate maps while in the field, with a simple yet powerful interface fully dedicated to agriculture. One product for all of your drone-based agricultural workflows. “Our solution fits the needs of the agriculture industry and we believe...