Sophia Antipolis, France, April 6, 2015 — McMurdo Group, a global leader in end-to-end search and rescue (SAR) and maritime domain awareness (MDA) solutions, announces that it has received formal certification from the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and EASA...
Ball Aerospace Instrument Setting Gold Standard for Accuracy on Global Precipitation Measurement Mission
BOULDER, Colo., April 3, 2015 -- The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Core Satellite's Microwave Imager (GMI) built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. under contract for NASA has performed flawlessly in its first year on orbit as the most...
NGA Deputy Director Joins USGIF Board of Directors
Herndon, Virginia, April 3, 2015 —The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is pleased to announce National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Deputy Director Sue Gordon as an advisor to the USGIF Board of Directors. “Sue has a great...
University of Waterloo Students Win the Esri Canada GIS Centres of Excellence App Challenge
TORONTO – April 2, 2015 — Esri Canada congratulates Jonathan Van Dusen, Majuratan Sadagopan and Shanqi Zhang from the University of Waterloo for winning the Esri Canada GIS Centres of Excellence in Higher Education App Challenge. The week-long coding competition...
Optech at 1st International Congress of the Mediterranean Union of Surveyors in Morocco
April 2, 2015 — Optech is pleased to announce that its partner Prime GPS Afrique will host Optech staff at its booth during the 1st International Congress of the Mediterranean Union of Surveyors to be held in Marrakech, Morocco, on April 17-18. The first edition of...
Camber Corporation Forms Unmanned Systems Innovation, LLC
April 2, 2015 — Camber Corporation announces today the establishment of Unmanned Systems Innovation (USI), LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary. The creation of USI supports Camber’s focus on expanding its broad capabilities in the unmanned systems market. Currently,...
Helinet Aviation Receives Comprehensive FAA Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) for Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Flights
LOS ANGELES, April 2, 2015 —  Helinet Aviation, a diversified flight services company, announced today it has received a comprehensive FAA Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) for commercial, unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flights. The COA provides...
DARPA Embarks on an Agile System-of-Systems Technology Approach to Help Enable U.S. Power Projection Capabilities in Highly Contested Environments
April 2, 2015 — For decades, the United States has successfully countered the threats of competitor nations by harnessing advanced technologies to create exceedingly robust and capable military platforms. But as advanced technologies have become more readily...
TanDEM-X Image of the Month – Changes in Permafrost Landscapes
April 2, 2015 — Earth's cryosphere is particularly susceptible to climate change. Rising temperatures are certain to result in profound and widespread changes at high latitudes, where the ground remains frozen all year. Approximately one quarter of the Northern...
Golden State Quads Add Trails
April 2, 2015 — Several of the 2,798 new US Topo quadrangles for California now display public trails along with segments of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. Also the new maps now show improved data layers such as public land survey information, map symbol...
