Ottobrunn – Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, has signed a contract with Space Administration at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to develop and build all components of the German contribution to the German-French Earth...
Fugro Announces Partnership with Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE
Fugro today announced a partnership with the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE to support first round testing of the global, three-year competition, which incentivises development of rapid, unmanned and high resolution ocean mapping technologies.  Fugro’s role is to...
Two Ball Aerospace-Built Instruments Headed for Space Station
BOULDER, Colo.- Two Ball Aerospace-built payloads will soon blast off toward the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Scheduled for a February 18 launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the two Ball instruments will play critical roles in...
Iridium Announces Target Date for Second Launch of Iridium NEXT
MCLEAN, Va. - Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) announced it has received a targeted launch date of mid-June for the second mission of ten Iridium NEXT satellites. Originally anticipated for mid-April of 2017, the date has shifted due to a backlog in...
Geoscience Australia, Lockheed Collaborate on Multi-GNSS SBAS Research
Geoscience Australia, an agency of the Commonwealth of Australia, and Lockheed Martin have entered into a collaborative research project to show how augmenting signals from multiple GNSS constellations can enhance positioning, navigation and timing for a range of...
PCI Geomatics Welcomes Advanced Groundwater Technologies to its Reseller Partner Network
MARKHAM, Ontario, Canada: PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that Advanced Groundwater Technologies (AGWT) has joined its reseller network. AGWT will provide Serbian and Croatian...
SPACEKNOW Raises $4 Million in Series A Funding
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - SpaceKnow Inc., today announced the company has raised $4 million in Series A financing led by BlueYard Capital and previously existing investor Reflex Capital. This investment brings the company’s total funds raised to approximately $5.5...
Orbit Logic Software to be Used for BridgeSat Laser Comm Scheduling
GREENBELT, MD – Orbit Logic announced today that BridgeSat has awarded Orbit Logic a contract to provide software for its optical ground telescope network to plan laser communication contacts with satellites using its laser downlink services. Orbit Logic will use...
GfK Launches RegioGraph 2017
Bruchsal, Germany – GfK will release a completely new version of its geomarketing software RegioGraph at the end of March. RegioGraph 2017 features a new and simplified interface, faster results and numerous new options for analyzing and optimizing locations and...
Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE Portfolio Celebrated as Top Performer with Highly Coveted Industry Accolades from Buyers Laboratory, LLC
MELVILLE, N.Y. - Since the introduction of the imageRUNNER ADVANCE Series in 2009, the message behind their mission has been clear: help customers advance their business and business opportunities through the use of reliable, security feature capable, customizable...