McLean, Va., May 20, 2014—BAE Systems and Airbus Defense and Space today announced a strategic alliance to produce, market, and sell innovative geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) products and solutions using state-of-the-art satellite data collected exclusively by...
BlackBridge Secures $22 Million for New Satellite Constellation
Berlin, Germany, May 15, 2014—BlackBridge has secured $22 million (CDN) in funding from the Bank of Montreal (BMO) and the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) for the development of its next generation of satellites, RapidEye+, and for the renewal of existing...
BlackBridge Unveils Concept for New Mission
Berlin, Germany, May 15, 20140—Following its commitment to provide continuity to the existing RapidEye constellation, today BlackBridge has released the details of the RapidEye+ constellation concept at its ENABLE 2014 Partner Conference. RapidEye+ will be a...
Esri Launches Small Government Departmental Platform Program
Redlands, Calif., May 15, 2014—Esri’s new Small Government Departmental Platform Agreement allows for unlimited deployments of core ArcGIS software within one governmental department. Departments that have plans to integrate GIS in multiple workflows, such as...
Esri Pledges $1 Billion in Cloud-Based STEM Software to White House ConnectED Initiative
Redlands, Calif., May 27, 2014—Responding to President Barack Obama’s call to help strengthen STEM education through the ConnectED Initiative, Esri president Jack Dangermond announced today that Esri will provide a grant to make its advanced mapping software...
Exelis Wins Multimillion-Dollar Contract for Climate-Monitoring Satellite Payload
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 20, 2014—Exelis (NYSE:XLS) has been awarded a multimillion-dollar commercial contract to build the primary payload for the Greenhouse Gas Observing Satellite-2 (GOSAT), which Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will build for the Japanese Aerospace...
GeoAir Adds UltraCam Falcon to Aerial Resources in Mexico
Graz, Austria, May 14, 2014—GeoAir has contracted with Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit and subsidiary to purchase an UltraCam Falcon digital aerial camera system and UltraMap workflow software to handle large volumes of data efficiently. GeoAir operates...
Insitu Pacific Demonstrates Fire Management Assistance with ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft
BRISBANE, Australia, May 13, 2014—Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., today announced it recently conducted a successful demonstration for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) using the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS)....
Balkans Flooding Affects 3 Million People
NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite shows how three months' worth of rain in just three days has caused swollen rivers and devastating flooding across the Balkan region of Europe.
ESA Satellite Helps Boost Food Security
The European Space Agency's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission has reached beyond its water cycle mission to predict drought and improve crop yield in regions prone to famine.
