The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the candidate CDB version 1.2 standard. CDB version 1.2 contains three substantive changes that are not deemed to have a high risk for causing backward compatibility issues. Comments are due by May 21, 2020....
Kratos Awarded $2.7 Million Sole-Source Award for Drone Mission Command and Control Kits
SAN DIEGO - Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that Kratos Unmanned Systems Division has received a $2.7 million sole-source option award for Command and Control System Mission...
Kongsberg Geospatial Selected for Ohio UTM Drone Project Team
Kongsberg Geospatial, an Ottawa-based geospatial technology was selected as part of the project team which recently secured a $1.4M contract with the Ohio Federal Network (OFRN) to lead the development of a contingency management platform (CMP) for Beyond Visual...
SAS and IIASA call for crowd-driven artificial intelligence to help track deforestation
On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, SAS and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis join forces to transform crowdsourced knowledge into actionable intelligence to help protect the planet SAS is committed to building a global community of innovators...
Earth Day 2020 Brings Together an Unprecedented Collection of Voices
Washington, D.C. — With the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day (April 22) fast approaching, now more than ever we need to connect as a global community united in our fight to protect the health and welfare of the planet and its people. In support of this global...
Joint Statement on the Value of GIS in the Pandemic
The spread and effects of COVID-19 can be best understood considering space and time.   As governments are responding to COVID-19, more leaders are recognizing the value of “knowing the where.†The importance of knowing where the outbreak is growing, where high...
Parrot to manufacture its Short-Range Reconnaissance drone prototypes for the Department of Defense in the USA
PARIS - Parrot has passed another milestone in the United States Army's Short-Range Reconnaissance drone program. As the final steps of this selection process, Parrot will participate in an operational assessment to support an Army production award decision. In...
Orbit Logic Tackles Autonomous Planning of Martian Swarms
Orbit Logic has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop the Mars/Interplanetary Swarm Design and Evaluation Framework (MISDEF) System. The...
GIC Collects Post-Disaster Imagery Following Several Mid-April Tornadoes
DES PLAINES, Ill. -Â After tornadoes struck multiple states throughout the Southeast this past Easter weekend, the Geospatial Intelligence Center (GIC) began flying aircraft over the hardest hit areas on Monday, collecting high-resolution aerial images of the damaged...
Fortem Technologies Announces Shipment of New DroneHunter F700 – World’s Only Radar-Based Autonomous Interceptor Drone For Tracking and Stopping Dangerous Drones
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah -Â Fortem Technologies, Inc., a market leader of counter-drone security and defense solutions, announced today the shipment of the new AI-enabled F700 DroneHunter. In a world where jamming drones and drone swarms from the ground is no longer...
