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...
DigitalGlobe Extends and Expands Direct Access Contract with International Defense & Intelligence Customer
WESTMINSTER, Colo.— DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in earth imagery and information about our changing planet, today announced an agreement to convert an existing letter of intent into a definitive agreement to extend and expand a contract with an...
what3words Scoops Up Founder of OpenStreetMap to Capitalize on North American Growth
London/San Jose, March 24, 2016 – Steve Coast, the founder of OpenStreetMap, has joined what3words, the multi-award winning addressing platform, as Chief Evangelist. The appointment of Coast capitalizes on what3words’ expansion in the North American market....
Woolpert Deploys UAS to Collect Imagery for Rural Roads Project
Woolpert has been hired by Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) to collect imagery via unmanned aerial system (UAS), or drone, of haul roads throughout the Midwest. This project, “Characterization of Unpaved Road Conditions Through the Use of Remote Sensing,â€...
Trimble Seismic Navigation Systems Support Stakeless Operations for Geophysical Exploration
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced today the availability of its Trimble® Seismic Navigation Systems (SNS). The Trimble SNS portfolio of advanced hardware and software solutions include two vehicle guidance applications for geophysical exploration...
Boundless Becomes Platinum Sponsor of OSGeo
Washington D.C Â - March 24, 2016 - The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is pleased to welcome Boundless as a new platinum sponsor. Boundless is a longstanding member of the open source community being recognized for their generous sponsorship of the foundation...
