TOULOUSE, France, Feb. 3, 2014—Taking off into the New Year, the EADS group has been rebranded as “Airbus Groupâ€. Uniting all its activities under a single and strong brand, Airbus Group also renames two of its three Divisions. Going forward, the Group is home...
Ball Aerospace Completes Risk Reduction Test for JPSS-1 Satellite
BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 3, 2014—Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully completed the SpaceWire Inter-operability Test for the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) satellite and has begun spacecraft bus integration. Ball will power-up the spacecraft...
CAE Signs Contract to Provide UAS Mission Trainer to Italian Air Force
Montreal, Canada, Jan. 21, 2014—CAE today announced it was awarded a contract to provide Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force) with an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Mission Trainer representing the General Atomics Predator remotely piloted aircraft (RPA)....
Draganfly Partners with Pix4D
Saskatoon, Canada, Jan. 22, 2014—Draganfly Innovations has partnered with Pix4D to combine the unique value of a Draganflyer sUAS (small Unmanned Aerial System) with the Pix4D software package. This results in a system capable of acquiring highly accurate aerial...
Esri Helps Alabama Power Company Stretch Its Lidar Data Investment across the Utility
Redlands, Calif., Feb. 4, 2014—Energy provider Alabama Power Company used Esri technology to move its valuable lidar data out of boxes and into the hands of more staff members, a move that is saving time and money for design, construction, maintenance, survey, and...
PCI Geomatics and the SATREC Initiative Sign Memorandum of Understanding
RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada, Feb. 3, 2014—PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that is has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Satrec Initiative, a leading solution provider...
Proteus and TCarta Marine Team to Offer Bathymetry from Shore to Continental Shelf
ABU DHABI, UAE, and BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM, Feb. 3, 2014—Proteus FZC, a provider of satellite-derived marine mapping solutions, has teamed with TCarta Marine LLC to offer complete bathymetric data sets from the shallow near-shore coastal zone out to the continental...
Sagem Wins New Contract for Sperwer Drones to Be Deployed by French Army
Boulogne-Billancourt, France, Jan. 15, 2014—Sagem (Safran) recorded a new order at the end of December 2013 from French defense procurement agency DGA for five additional Sperwer tactical drones (including two on option), to be deployed by the French army. These...
Blue Marble Releases Global Energy Mapper v15.1 Featuring New Site Pad Tool Functionality
Hallowell, Maine, Jan. 29, 2014—Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the release of Global Energy Mapper version 15.1. This minor release features a new option to the “Create Flattened Site Pad Plan†dialog box and improved...
GeoSpatial Experts Launches GeoJot+ for Windows Mobile
THORNTON, Colo., Jan. 28, 2014—GeoSpatial Experts’ popular GeoJot+ field data collection system now runs on Windows Mobile devices. Companies can seamlessly transfer GeoJot’s app component across Apple, Android, and now Windows Mobile 6.x devices such as...
