The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) membership has approved a new 3D standard for content strategy. This standard is focused on high performance visualization and spatial analysis in a services or disconnected environment. The standard is referred to as the OGC...
Avitas Systems, a GE Venture, Partners with NVIDIA to Enhance AI for Robotic Inspection and Automated Defect Recognition
Avitas Systems, a GE Venture, is partnering with NVIDIA to use some of the latest advances in artificial intelligence computing to optimize the use of robotics for inspection and better detect defects on industrial assets with advanced data analytics. Avitas Systems...
Iridium Exploring Advanced NewSpace Satellite IoT Opportunities
MCLEAN, Va.- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Magnitude Space, an emerging small satellite company. The signing of this MoU signals Iridium’s interest in exploring collaborative...
$10 Billion Vote of Confidence in Emerging Space Market Opportunity
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.- NSR’s newest report The Emerging Space Market Opportunity, releasing tomorrow, finds that nearly 400 emerging space companies have been founded since 2000, all seeking to deliver new applications or pursue new approaches to operating in space....
Innoviz Technologies Raises $65M As Its Solid-State LiDAR Moves to Mass Production
KFAR SABA, ISRAEL -- September 7, 2017Â -- Innoviz Technologies, a leading provider of LiDAR sensing solutions designed for the mass commercialization of autonomous vehicles, announced today that it has raised $65 million in Series B funding as its groundbreaking...
Boundless Announces Partnership with Global SOF Foundation
EW YORK – Boundless, the leader in open GIS, today announced that it has partnered with the Global SOF Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that aims to build and grow an international Special Operations Forces (SOF) network of military, government,...
Ball Aerospace Delivers the JPSS-1 Weather Satellite to Launch Site
BOULDER, Colorado — Ball Aerospace successfully delivered the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1), NOAA’s next-generation polar orbiting weather satellite, to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Aug. 31, where it is scheduled to launch Nov. 10, 2017....
Orbit GT and Nordic GeoCenter, Finland, Sign Reseller Agreement
Orbit GT is happy to announce that Nordic GeoCenter, Finland, has joined as Authorized Reseller of Orbit GT 3D Mapping products. “We’re very pleased to join with Finland’s Nordic GeoCenter as our new Resellerâ€, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “Nordic...
EagleView Donates Post Storm Imagery via Online Tool to Help Hurricane Harvey Evacuees Assess Property Damage
BOTHELL, Wash.- EagleView Technologies ("EagleView®"), the leading provider of aerial imagery and property analytics for the government, insurance and commercial sectors, this week mobilized a fleet of nearly two dozen aircraft to capture detailed, bird's eye view...
EarthSense to Provide Real Time Air Quality Monitoring for Low Emission Truck Trial
EarthSense Systems is equipping commercial delivery vehicles with air pollution sensors as part of a project to test the performance and emissions of low-carbon trucks. Using their state-of-the-art Zephyr air quality monitoring sensors, EarthSense will collect...