Heerbrugg, Switzerland, Feb. 18, 2014—When NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) fires up its RS-25 engines for the first launch in 2017, the integrity of the SLS liquid hydrogen tank will be crucial to success. This core stage will be more than 200 feet tall with...
Northrop Grumman’s Common Imagery Processor Deploys to Support Global Hawk Block 40
GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D., Feb. 20, 2014—Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Common Imagery Processor (CIP) has taken another important step in supporting the Global Hawk Block 40 Unmanned Aircraft System by deploying to Grand Forks Air Force Base in...
SimActive's UAV Software Selected by Korean Firm DongWon
MONTREAL, Feb. 25, 2014—SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that Korean firm DongWon Survey Consultants Co., Ltd has purchased its Correlator3D™ product. DongWon will also act as an authorized distributor...
England Rivers Spill Banks
A storm wave dropped 15 inches of rain on southern England December 2013-January 2014”the wettest two-month period on record since 1910. The rain and flooding continued into February.
Tiny Proba-V Satellite Is a Workhorse
During its first two months, the European Space Agency's Proba-V minisatellite collected more than 5,000 images, 65 daily global maps and six 10-day global syntheses, plus gave us a quick peek at the Olympics.
Hexagon Acquires German UAS Maker
Hexagon, a global provider of design, measurement and visualization solutions, acquired Aibotix, the maker of the Aibot X6, a multirotor, vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aircraft system.
ILMF 2014 Highlights LiDAR's Future
Innovative technology was a key focus at this year's International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF), held Feb. 17-19 in Denver. Topics included waveform processing and commercial unmanned aircraft.
Aibotix Releases Aibot X6 V2 Copter
Kassel, Germany, Feb. 5, 2014—The year 2014 has just started and the company Aibotix from Kassel presents its new version of the Aibot X6, the Aibot X6 V2, just on time for the new year. After having sold more than 150 copters worldwide, Aibotix starts off to the...
Compass4Colorado Supplies Mapping, Imagery, GIS Solutions to Colorado Flood Recovery
CENTENNIAL, Colo., Feb. 10, 2014—The Compass family of geospatial companies reminds organizations involved in recovery efforts related to the 2013 Colorado floods they may still obtain GIS and mapping support at no or low cost through the Compass4Colorado program....
Esri Map Book Offers View into US Government Projects
Redlands, Calif., Feb. 10, 2014—Fourth in Esri's "Mapping the Nation" series, Mapping the Nation: Supporting Decisions that Govern a People demonstrates how geographic information system (GIS) technology is being used by the United States federal government to...
