PALO ALTO, Calif. ― SSL, a business unit of Maxar Technologies (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.) (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR) and a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, announced today that the Restore-L mission to provide...
Earth-i Chooses Spacemetric to Process Still Images and Video
British ‘New Space’ pioneer Earth-i today announced that images and video from its new prototype satellite due for launch early January 2018 will be managed, catalogued and geometrically corrected using software from Swedish photogrammetry and imagery specialist,...
Drone Delivery Canada Receives Conditional Approval from the TSX Venture Exchange to List its Common Shares for Trading
TORONTO -Â Drone Delivery Canada 'DDC or the Company' (CSE:FLT; OTC:TAKOF), is pleased to announce that it has received conditional approval from the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") to list its common shares for trading as a Tier 1 issuer. The Company intends to...
Drone Use Case: Intel's Falcon 8+ Drone Helps Preserve 15th -Century German Cathedral
The 15th century Halberstadt Cathedral in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany is getting help from 21 century technology: the Intel® Falcon™ 8+ drone. In collaboration with experts from Bauhaus University Weimar and Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt, a foundation for the...
YellowScan and Geotrim Sign a Distribution Agreement for Finland
YellowScan and Geotrim have concluded a distribution agreement for Finland. Headquartered in Vantaa, Geotrim is the Finnish Distributor of Trimble Geomatics solutions with long time experience on Imaging and UAV technologies. The agreement broadens YellowScan´s...
Airbus Selected by ESA for Copernicus Data and Information Access Service (DIAS)
Brussels – Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to be one of four suppliers for DIAS, the Copernicus Data and Information Access Service. DIAS will make data and information easily available to users through a cloud computing architecture...
Velodyne LiDAR and Paracosm Team Up to Capture Environments on a Virtually Unlimited Scale
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Velodyne LiDAR Inc., the world leader in 3D vision systems for autonomous vehicles, and Paracosm, a division of Occipital, today announced that the two companies have partnered to integrate Velodyne’s VLP-16 Puck LiDAR sensors into Paracosm’s...
ImageSat International & Terran Orbital Announce Plan to Develop RUNNER, a High Performance, Microsatellite to be Used in Constellation for Earth Observation and Imaging
OR YEHUDA, Israel and IRVINE, Calif. - ImageSat International N.V. ("ISI"), a global leader in end-to-end geospatial solutions, and Terran Orbital Corporation ("Terran Orbital"), a leading aerospace provider of nanosatellite and microsatellite vehicles, services,...
AirMap Partners with Airways New Zealand to Trial the Country’s First Drone Traffic Management System
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -Â AirMap has joined forces with Airways New Zealand to deploy an unmanned traffic management system that enables safe and compliant drone flights for a three-month trial in the Canterbury and Queenstown regions of New Zealand. Â Drone flights in...
U.S. Air Force's First GPS III Satellite Receives Commands From Next-Generation OCX Ground Control Segment
DENVER – The first advanced GPS III satellite successfully established remote connectivity and communicated with the Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX), further validating the U.S. Air Force’s modernized Global Positioning System (GPS) is ready to...