Sophia Antipolis, France, April 6, 2015 — McMurdo Group, a global leader in end-to-end search and rescue (SAR) and maritime domain awareness (MDA) solutions, announces that it has received formal certification from the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and EASA...
Ball Aerospace Instrument Setting Gold Standard for Accuracy on Global Precipitation Measurement Mission
BOULDER, Colo., April 3, 2015 -- The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Core Satellite's Microwave Imager (GMI) built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. under contract for NASA has performed flawlessly in its first year on orbit as the most...
Camber Corporation Forms Unmanned Systems Innovation, LLC
April 2, 2015 — Camber Corporation announces today the establishment of Unmanned Systems Innovation (USI), LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary. The creation of USI supports Camber’s focus on expanding its broad capabilities in the unmanned systems market. Currently,...
Helinet Aviation Receives Comprehensive FAA Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) for Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Flights
LOS ANGELES, April 2, 2015 —  Helinet Aviation, a diversified flight services company, announced today it has received a comprehensive FAA Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) for commercial, unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flights. The COA provides...
DARPA Embarks on an Agile System-of-Systems Technology Approach to Help Enable U.S. Power Projection Capabilities in Highly Contested Environments
April 2, 2015 — For decades, the United States has successfully countered the threats of competitor nations by harnessing advanced technologies to create exceedingly robust and capable military platforms. But as advanced technologies have become more readily...
TanDEM-X Image of the Month – Changes in Permafrost Landscapes
April 2, 2015 — Earth's cryosphere is particularly susceptible to climate change. Rising temperatures are certain to result in profound and widespread changes at high latitudes, where the ground remains frozen all year. Approximately one quarter of the Northern...
Golden State Quads Add Trails
April 2, 2015 — Several of the 2,798 new US Topo quadrangles for California now display public trails along with segments of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. Also the new maps now show improved data layers such as public land survey information, map symbol...
Majority of Forested Land Carved up by Human Development, Says New Study Involving CU-Boulder
April 2, 2015 — Seventy percent of forested lands remaining in the world are within a half mile of the forest edge, where encroaching urban, suburban or agricultural influences can cause any number of harmful effects, according to a new study involving scientists at...
Arizona State Forestry Division to Develop Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal
Richmond, VA., April 1, 2015 — The Arizona State Forestry Division recently selected Timmons Group, a leader in innovative geospatial solutions, to develop their Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal (WRAP). This project will leverage past wildfire risk portals...
SAM Expands Survey Capacity with Second Lynx Mobile Mapperâ„¢
March 31, 2015 — Optech is pleased to announce that long-time client SAM (Survey And Mapping, LLC) has acquired a second Lynx Mobile Mapper™ to meet the growing demand for high-accuracy surveying and geospatial services. Survey And Mapping, LLC (SAM), a leading...
