Washington, DC, July 16, 2014—The Federal government will soon have a current, accurate inventory of the land it owns as a result of legislation approved today by the Committee on Natural Resources of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Federal Land Asset...
SAP and Esri Help Customers Map Their Way to a Better Bottom Line
SAN DIEGO, July 15, 2014—SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced the general availability of new innovations, features and functionalities across the SAP HANA® platform, analytics, mobile and business applications that are intended to strengthen and simplify integration...
Surrey Satellite US Announces US Air Force Hosted Payload Contract Award
ENGLEWOOD, COLO., July 16, 2014—Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) has been awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract under the Hosted Payload Solutions (HoPS) program from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile...
Trimble Acquires The Omega Group to Expand its Public Safety Solutions
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 14, 2014—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it has acquired the assets of privately-held The Omega Group, headquartered in San Diego, California. The Omega Group is an industry-leading provider of cloud-based and on-premise...
Colorado's Mesa County Obtains Authorization to Operate Trimble's Unmanned Aircraft System
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 15, 2014—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that Mesa County in Colorado has received a Certificate of Authorization (COA) that will allow the Public Works Department to operate its Trimble® UX5 Aerial Imaging Solution throughout the...
Unite Private Networks Signs ELA with Esri to Expand GIS Use
Redlands, Calif., July 14, 2014—Network provider Unite Private Networks (UPN) has signed an enterprise license agreement (ELA) with Esri, the leading developer of geographic information system (GIS) software. The ELA will allow staff across the organization to...
U.S. Air Force Selects UTC Aerospace Systems to Upgrade SYERS-2 Imaging Sensor Fleet
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 13, 2014—UTC Aerospace Systems was awarded a contract by the United States Air Force to upgrade the entire fleet of SYERS-2 imaging sensors to the latest SYERS-2C variant.  UTC Aerospace Systems is a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:...
A Rash of Fires Invades Canada and the Pacific Northwest
On July 17, 2014, 102 uncontrolled fires were burning in British Columbia, along with 13 more in Alberta. Across the border, 33 uncontrolled fires were active in Washington and Oregon.
Washington State to Use Drones Against Wildfires
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources plans to test the use of a ScanEagle drone built by Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing, to monitor wildfires this summer.
Live Earth Observation Streams from the Space Station?
An expanded Earth observation data stream, due to new state-of-the-art sensors aboard NASA's segment of the International Space Station, may lead to a live stream of Earth.