Leicestershire, UK, June 15, 2015 —  Aerial mapping company Bluesky has signed up Ireland’s National Mapping Agency as an exclusive reseller for the public sector market. The agreement between Bluesky and Ordnance Survey Ireland covers the provision of the...
Certifiable Predator B Completes Critical Design Review
PARIS AIR SHOW, June 15, 2015 — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that it reached a significant...
UTC Aerospace Systems’ Cloud Cap Technology Announces New Product Training enter & Rapid Response Teams
PARIS AIR SHOW, Paris, June 15, 2015 — UTC Aerospace Systems expands support to customers with a new Cloud Cap Technology Surveillance Training & Services Center, providing education, hands-on experience and the support of a team of experts to users of its...
Airbus Defence and Space Selected to Partner in Production of OneWeb Satellite Constellation
June 15, 2015 — Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, announced that it has been selected by OneWeb Ltd. as its industrial partner for the design and manufacturing of its fleet of microsatellites. This initial production of 900...
GeoNorth Expands Capabilities and Formerly Announces Its Imagery Coordination Center
Anchorage, Alaska, June 12, 2015 — GeoNorth, LLC (www.geonorth.com), specializing in the development of integrated solutions for end-to-end geospatial decision-making, is formally announcing the operational readiness of its Imagery Coordination Center (ICC). The...
Federal Aviation Administration Grants Section 333 Exemption to Property Drone Consortium
Bothell, Wash., June 12, 2015 — The Property Drone Consortium (PDC), a collaboration of insurance carriers, construction industry leaders and supporting enterprises promoting research and development for the safe use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) announced the...
Urban Challenge Looking for Innovators
Munich, June 11, 2015 — The quality of satellite imagery is improving year by year, to the point where it is now possible to read signage and see line markings clearly. Not only has there been an improvement in visual resolution now satellites like WorldView-2 and...
GeoDecisions' GeoILS Intelligent Location Server Used to Track Icebergs
Harrisburg, Pa., June 11, 2015 — A Canadian expedition team used GeoDecisions’ GeoILS® platform to help track icebergs during a voyage to better understand how icebergs drift. An intelligent location server using the Esri® ArcGIS platform, GeoILS enables users...
Sweden Signs Up For Sentinel Data
June 11, 2015 — With the second Copernicus-dedicated Sentinel satellite less than two weeks away from launch, ESA and Sweden have signed an arrangement on managing and accessing Sentinel data. The Sentinel family of satellites is being developed to meet the...
New Leica DMC III Becomes Industry's Most Efficient Aerial Frame Sensor with CMOS Technology
HEERBRUGG, SWITZERLAND, June 11, 2015 — Leica Geosystems announces the DMC III, the industry’s first large format CMOS airborne sensor, making it the most efficient digital mapping camera on the market. Based on all-new Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor, or...
