LOS ANGELES - Yates Electrospace Corporation (YEC), whose Silent Arrow platform is bringing disruptive innovation to the heavy payload, unmanned cargo delivery market, today announced the signing of a development contract (USSOCOM-SOF AT&L-ST-14-01-JS79) with...
Airbus checking ocean satellite Sentinel-6A's operational fitness
Munich – Airbus space engineers are currently testing the Copernicus Sentinel-6A satellite at the Space Test Centre of Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG) in Ottobrunn - near Munich - to prove its readiness for space. During the test campaign, which...
Drone delivers laboratory supplies in 43-mile ocean-crossing test for USVI Department of Health
In a test to improve delivery of health services between communities in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) and its public health laboratory, the USVI Department of Health, Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and other collaborators made a successful 43-mile...
Caliper Assesses How Census Differential Privacy Will Effect 2020 Redistricting with New Interactive Map
NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS (USA) - The U.S. Census Bureau has changed the way it ensures privacy for the 2020 Census. The new method is called Differential Privacy (DP). To help people assess some of the implications and unintended consequences of Differential Privacy,...
Airbus checking ocean satellite Sentinel-6A's operational fitness
Munich, 15 November 2019 – Airbus space engineers are currently testing the Copernicus Sentinel-6A satellite at the Space Test Centre of Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG) in Ottobrunn - near Munich - to prove its readiness for space. During the test...
Texas A&M University to Establish Trimble Technology Lab for Geosciences
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and COLLEGE STATION, Texas -Â Texas A&M University has received a gift from Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) to establish a state-of-the-art Trimble Technology Lab in the College of Geosciences. The Lab will provide an integrated field and classroom...
USGIF Accepting Applications for Annual Scholarship Program
Herndon, Virginia —The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) announced the opening of its 2020 Scholarship Program earlier this month. Every year, USGIF awards scholarships of various amounts to exceptional students studying geospatial sciences...
DroneDeploy announces $35M Series D led by Bessemer Venture Partners
SAN FRANCISCO -Â DroneDeploy, the leading enterprise-grade drone software solution, today announced it closed a $35 million Series D round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Bessemer partner David Cowan, a 14-time Midas list investor, will also join the Board. "Drones...
Velodyne Expert Addresses Lidar Use Cases to Improve Security and Safety Performance
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Frank Bertini, UAV and Robotics Business Manager at Velodyne Lidar, Inc., (booth #952), will deliver a featured presentation on the business use cases for 3D lidar technology in security and safety applications at ISC East 2019, which takes place...
Space Foundation Names Narbis Space Certificationâ„¢ Program Partner
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Much of the technology we use daily was originally developed for space exploration and later adapted to benefit our lives on Earth. The Space Foundation’s Space Certiï¬cation Program awards a "seal of approval" to companies whose...
