Paris, Washington D.C., Montreal, Yokohama - According to Euroconsult's latest report, Earth Observation: Defense & Security, the number of countries expected to launch proprietary Earth observation (EO) defense capacity is expected to remain limited, despite...
Boundless Commits to FOSS4G Education
Washington, DC — Boundless is proud to announce the creation of its academic engagement initiative. Innovation in education drives the foundation of this initiative. Boundless is committed to FOSS4G education with a focus on: Providing students and educators...
Commercial UAV Expo Issues Free Report: Surveying and Mapping with UAVs
Portland, Maine, USA – Commercial UAV Expo today announced the release of their most recent report, titled “Surveying and Mapping with UAVs.†This free report provides information on the use of UAS technology for surveying and mapping, including key insights...
Bluesky's Aerial Photomaps Help Protect Norfolk's Wildlife
Leicestershire, 29 March 2016 – High resolution aerial photography is providing a map of hard to access land, to help the UK’s oldest Wildlife Trust plan, manage and report on a range of ground breaking habitat restoration projects. Downloaded from Bluesky’s...
GOES-R Satellite Could Provide Better Data for Hurricane Prediction
The launch of the GOES-R geostationary satellite in October 2016 could herald a new era for predicting hurricanes, according to Penn State researchers. The wealth of information from this new satellite, at time and space scales not previously possible, combined with...
FAA Releases Updated UAS Sighting Reports
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today released an updated list of pilot, air traffic controller and citizen reports of possible encounters with unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The latest report covers August 22, 2015 through January 31, 2016. ...
CACI Awarded $180 Million Prime Contract to Provide Geospatial Analysis and Intelligence Services to U.S. Special Operations Command
ARLINGTON, Va. — CACI International Inc (NYSE MKT: CACI) announced today it has been awarded a $180 million contract to provide Joint Geospatial Analytic Support Services (JGASS) to U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). This five-year (one base plus four option...
Autonomous Cloud Seeding Aircraft Successfully Tested in Nevada
RENO – A team of Nevada scientists and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) engineers have successfully flight tested the first-ever autonomous cloud seeding aircraft platform. Cloud seeding flare tests were deployed from Drone America’s DAx8 UAS aircraft flown in Reno...
NASA Gets Down to Earth This Year With Globe-Spanning Expeditions
NASA is sending scientists around the world in 2016 – from the edge of the Greenland ice sheet to the coral reefs of the South Pacific – to delve into challenging questions about how our planet is changing and what impacts humans are having on it. While Earth...
petroWEB Announces the Launch of globalseismiclibrary.com, A Free Access Seismic Data Library
DENVER — petroWEB Inc. today announced Global Seismic Library (GSL) will now be available as a free service via www.globalseismiclibrary.com. GSL is a global catalog of commercial multi-client seismic and gravity/magnetic data coverage. Now, rather than spending...
