MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 19, 2014—East View Geospatial (EVG), a leading provider of authoritative maps and geospatial data products from around the world, was the recipient of DigitalGlobe's 2013-2014 Best Deal of the Year Award. DigitalGlobe is a leading global provider...
Kratos’ RT Logic to Demonstrate Common Data Link Capabilities for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 18, 2014—Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its RT Logic subsidiary has been selected by Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to demonstrate a ground breaking...
Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Integrate Manned, Unmanned Flight Operations
USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT, At Sea, Aug. 18, 2014—Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and the U.S. Navy offered a glimpse of the future of carrier aviation on Aug. 17 by conducting a series of cooperative flights from the aircraft carrier, USS Theodore Roosevelt...
OGC Announces Big Data Domain Working Group
Aug. 13, 2014—At the recent OGC meetings in Geneva, members of the OGC formed an OGC Big Data Domain Working Group. This OGC domain group provides an open forum for discussions and standards recommendations for Big Data interoperability, access, and analytics...
PT. Karvak Nusa Geomatika Selects Optech Orion ALTM for Mapping Asia Pacific
TORONTO, Aug. 13, 2014—Optech is pleased to announce the commissioning of a second high-precision Optech airborne sensor for PT. Karvak Nusa Geomatika this week in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Optech Orion M sensor joins the Optech Gemini that PT. Karvak has been...
Airbus Defence and Space Selected for U.K. Ministry of Justice Electronic Tagging Programme
Farnborough, United Kingdom, Aug. 13, 2014—Airbus Airbus Defence and Space has been contracted to provide a sophisticated mapping and monitoring service for the UK Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) new Electronic Monitoring programme, supporting the UK government’s...
Atlantic Awarded $9 Million Contract from USACE, Omaha District
Huntsville, Ala., Aug. 12, 2014—Atlantic, a mapping company specializing in remote sensing, surveying and consulting services, was recently awarded a $9 million Army contract for work for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District. The work will cover...
FAA Announces New York UAS Test Site Now Operational
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2014—The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration today announced that the Griffiss International Airport unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test site in Rome, N.Y., is ready to conduct research vital to integrating UAS...
iXBlue Expands Operations in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Houston, and Marly-le-Roi, France, Aug. 11, 2014)—iXBlue, a global leader in navigation and positioning systems for offshore and defense applications, has significantly increased support and product availability in Brazil. This is in line with the...
MDA Continues to Provide RADARSAT Information in India
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, Aug. 12, 2014—MDA’s Information Systems group (MDA) today announced that it has signed a contract with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of India to continue to provide RADARSAT information until June 2015. NRSC has...
