ST. LOUIS, MO - Boundless, the leader in open GIS, today announced new corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, to feed the growing geospatial community in and around the fourth largest metropolitan area in the Midwest, and to attract world-class talent in...
Initial Signals Received from Six Small Satellites Built by SSL for Planet
PALO ALTO, CA -Â SSL, a business unit of Maxar Technologies (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.) (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR) announced today that six satellites it built for Planet's SkySat Earth observation constellation launched yesterday and made initial...
Velodyne LiDAR and BoE Systems Partner for Integrated UAV-Borne LiDAR in Geospatial Data Collection
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Velodyne LiDAR Inc., the world leader in 3D vision systems for autonomous vehicles, today announced that it has partnered with BoE Systems to integrate its VLP-16 Puck and Puck LITE 3D LiDAR sensors into BoE Systems’ UAV fleet for geospatial data...
Phase One Industrial Partners with Drone Nerds to Provide Drone-Based Premium Quality Aerial Imaging Solutions
COPENHAGEN – Phase One Industrial, a leading manufacturer and provider of medium format aerial and industrial digital photography equipment is partnering with Drone Nerds, specialists in the supply of high-end drones for a variety of commercial, private,...
Airbus-Built EchoStar 105/SES-11 Satellite Now in Geostationary Orbit and Handed-Over to Customer
Toulouse, 02/11/2017 – Airbus has transferred control of the satellite to SES: following its launch on 11 October, the EchoStar 105/SES-11 satellite built by Airbus Defence and Space reached its geostationary orbit on 19 October and has been fully deployed and...
Kratos Awarded $11.3 Million Contract Modification to Update Air Force Satellite Control and Operations
SAN DIEGO - Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that it has received a modification under an existing contract from the U.S. Air Force to update satellite control and management...
Innoviz Technologies Extends Series B Funding to $73 Million
KFAR SABA, ISRAEL - Innoviz Technologies, a leading provider of LiDAR sensing solutions designed for the mass commercialization of autonomous vehicles, announced today an extension of its recent Series B funding round. Bringing the round to $73 million in total, the...
Sierra Leone Makes Fourth Licensing Round Pre-Announcement
The Director General of the Petroleum Directorate of Sierra Leone (PDSL), Raymond Kargbo, announced at this week’s Africa Oil Week Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, that his country’s Fourth Offshore Petroleum Licensing Round will take place between...
Initial Signals Received from Six Small Satellites Built by SSL for Planet
PALO ALTO, Calif. - SSL, a business unit of Maxar Technologies (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.) (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR) announced today that six satellites it built for Planet’s SkySat Earth observation constellation launched yesterday and made...
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Seeks Public Comment on the TimeseriesML 1.2 Candidate Standard
Through the use of existing OGC standards, TimeseriesML 1.2 aims at being an interoperable exchange format that may be re-used to address a range of time series data exchange requirements and scenarios. Example areas of usage are: cross-border exchange of...
