Kongsberg Geospatial, an Ottawa-based aerospace and defense geospatial technology company, announced that it has been selected as part of the team responsible for developing and testing a new integrated Contingency Management Platform (CMP) at the New York Unmanned...
Brandt Completes Sokkia Canada Acquisition, Expands Position as #1 Geospatial Supplier
REGINA, SK - The Brandt Group of Companies is pleased to announce that, effective July 2, they have successfully acquired the assets of Ontario-based Sokkia Canada. This acquisition, which directly affects the Ontario and Quebec markets, makes Brandt the exclusive...
exactEarth Announces $7.0 Million Expansion of Channel Partner Agreement
CAMBRIDGE, ON -Â exactEarth Ltd. (TSX: XCT) ("exactEarth" or the "Company"), a leading provider of Satellite-AIS data services announces an expanded alliance agreement (the "Amended Agreement") with one of its existing channel partners (the "Partner"). All financial...
Lynred joins Nanoelec to accelerate 3D integration technology in infrared detectors
Veurey-Voroize and Grenoble, France, July 6, 2020 – Lynred, a global leader in designing and manufacturing high-quality infrared technologies for aerospace, defense and commercial markets, and IRT Nanoelec, a technology research institute for microelectronics, today...
Esri UK analysis reveals beach capacity ahead of holiday season
Following last Thursday's scenes in Bournemouth, where a reported half a million people descended onto the beach, Esri UK's analysis reveals that only an estimated 78,000 people could realistically fit. Other beaches surveyed include Brighton (60,000 capacity),...
Atlas Selected as the Search and Rescue Unmanned Aerial System for Norwegian Arctic SAR Unit NPAID
BRISTOL, United Kingdom- Atlas, a global leader in autonomous unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operating in the U.S., U.K. and EU, announced it has been chosen as a UAS provider for the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPAID) Search and Rescue (SAR) Mid-Troms unit, due to its...
Airbus signs contract with Optus for OneSat
Sydney / Toulouse – Airbus Defence and Space has won a contract for a fully reconfigurable telecomunications satellite from Australia’s second largest telecommunications company and leading satellite operator Optus. The satellite will be based on Airbus’ new...
Velodyne Lidar and Graf Industrial Corp. Announce Business Combination to Form Leading Publicly-Traded Lidar Technology Company
HOUSTON -Â Graf Industrial Corp. ("GRAF") (NYSE: GRAF, GRAF.U, GRAF WS), a special purpose acquisition company founded by James Graf and Michael Dee, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Velodyne Lidar, Inc. ("Velodyne" or the...
3 Keys to successful canopy penetration
Summer is here and with it comes the challenge of creating accurate topographic maps under tree canopies. The adoption of drone based, 3D light detection and ranging – or LiDAR– is emerging as the “go-to†sensing technique to meet this challenge consistently,...
Vaisala and FMI technology heads to Mars onboard NASA's Perseverance rover
International collaboration takes Vaisala and the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) to Mars onboard NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. The rover is scheduled to launch on July 30, 2020. Vaisala’s sensor technology combined with FMI’s measurement...
