MENLO PARK, Calif. -Â Kespry, the leading aerial intelligence solution provider, today announced it has raised $33 million in its Series C round of funding, led by G2VP with Shell Technology Ventures, Cisco Investments, and ABB Ventures joining as new investors in the...
ViaSat-2 Satellite Reaches Geostationary Orbit; Successfully Receives and Transmits First Data from Space
CARLSBAD, Calif. - Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, announced today the ViaSat-2 satellite has successfully arrived in geostationary orbit at 69.9° west longitude, and has transitioned into orbit normal mode (earth pointing) with its...
Monsanto and Boundless Collaborate for Open Source GIS Contributions
St. Louis, MO – Boundless, the leader in open GIS for the enterprise, and Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON), a global modern agriculture company, today announced their collaboration on the contribution of open source geospatial code back to the Free and Open Source...
Earth-i to use KSAT to Receive First Commercial Full-Colour Video From Space
British ‘New Space’ pioneer Earth-i today provided another update about its progress in building the first constellation in the world to provide full-colour video – and the first European-owned commercial constellation able to provide both video and still...
Airborne Support Inc. and Fototerra Aerial Survey LLC Announce Joint Venture to Provide Fully Integrated Airborne Oil Spill Response Services in the Gulf of Mexico
HOUMA, La. and HOUSTON - Airborne Support Inc. (ASI) and Fototerra Aerial Survey LLC (Fototerra) today announced a joint venture to provide integrated airborne oil spill response services in the Gulf of Mexico for the responder's community and the oil and gas...
SkyX Drone Completes 100km Flight for Oil & Gas Market
SkyX Systems Corporation, the Canadian leader in long-range unmanned aerial monitoring and data collection, is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed an unmanned data collection flight of 100km, one of the longest journeys in its class. Taking place in...
Pix4D Recognizes GEO Jobe GIS & UAV Services for 3D Drone Mapping for Smart Cities
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - GEO Jobe UAV Services group has been extremely busy this fall flying season, and there's no sign of slowing down any time soon – although a break over the coming holiday season is going to be very welcomed! Recently, a UAV project conducted by the...
Mapbox Acquires Fitness AR to Deepen its Focus on Augmented Reality
SAN FRANCISCO - Mapbox, the mapping and location platform for developers, today announced it has acquired Fitness AR, the augmented reality activity tracking app. Fitness AR creator Adam Debreczeni will join Mapbox to help build out a team of talented designers and...
Esri Signs Global Enterprise Agreement with Airbus Defence and Space
Redlands, California—Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced that it entered into an enterprise agreement with the intelligence program line of Airbus Defence and Space. With this new agreement in place, the core GIS will be expanded to meet...
Dewberry Joins the USGS Coalition
Dewberry has announced that the firm has become a member organization of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coalition. The USGS Coalition is an alliance of more than 80 organizations united by a commitment to the continued vitality of USGS and its ability to provide...