Manassas, VA – The U.S. Air Force has awarded a new $48 million contract to Aurora Flight Sciences for the continued development of the Orion Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Orion is a twin-engine high performance UAS that can stay aloft over 100 hours at a time...
Airbus Ships High-Power Electric SES-14 Satellite to Kourou
Toulouse – SES-14, the first ever all-electric satellite in the 4-tonne class today left the Airbus Defence and Space clean rooms in Toulouse. The spacecraft will be delivered to French Guiana for its launch from Kourou CSG (Guiana Space Center), by Ariane 5, in...
LG Electronics And HERE Technologies Partner On Autonomous Cars
TROY, Mich.- LG Electronics (LG) is partnering with HERE Technologies (HERE), a global provider of digital mapping and location services, to offer a next-generation telematics solution for autonomous vehicles. The solution combines LG's advanced telematics technology...
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. to Commence Trading on the TSX Venture Exchange
TORONTO- Further to its press release dated December 18, 2017, Drone Delivery Canada 'DDC or the Company' (CSE:FLTÂ OTC:TAKOF), is pleased to announce that the Company has been accepted for listing on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV") as a Tier 1 issuer, and its...
SIIS and UrtheCast Sign Agreement for the Global Distribution of their Respective Portfolios
SI Imaging Services (“SIISâ€) today announced the signing of a reselling agreement with UrtheCast Corp. and its subsidiary, the Earth Observation company Deimos Imaging, a leading provider of Earth Observation products and services for the mutual global...
PAZ Satellite Starts its Journey to Space
Madrid – Loading and transport of the Spanish Earth observation satellite, PAZ, is underway. Airbus engineers in Madrid are installing the 1,400 kg satellite into the container that will protect it during its journey to the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California....
Blue Marble Geographics Adds Chinese Reseller to its Worldwide Network of Partners
Hallowell, Maine - Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce that Beijing E-Carto Technologies Co., Ltd. has joined the growing list of partner companies reselling and supporting Blue Marble's products throughout the world. Focusing on the...
Spacemetric to Provide Technology to DIAS Platform
Atos has been selected by the European Commission and European Space Agency to deliver Copernicus Data and Information Access Services (DIAS) in a broad European consortium with T-Systems, Thalès Alénia Space, DLR German Aerospace Center, EOX IT Services, Sinergise,...
Restore-L On-Orbit Servicing Mission Enabled by SSL-Built Spacecraft Passes Critical NASA Design Review
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,...
