NEW DELHI, Feb. 6, 2014—At Defense Expo - AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV), a leader in unmanned aircraft system solutions, and the Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT), one of the world's largest aerospace companies and a leading systems integrator, today...
UltraCam Eagle Purchased by New Italian Company IRS srl
Graz, Austria, Feb. 13, 2014—Italian Remote Sensing srl (IRS) has contracted to purchase an UltraCam Eagle digital aerial photogrammetric camera system with an 80mm lens from Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit and subsidiary. IRS is a start-up company owned by...
PCI Geomatics Delivers Historical Airphoto Processing System to USDA Forest Service
RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada, Feb. 6, 2014—PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it has successfully delivered its high-speed and automated Historical Airphoto Processing (HAP)...
Raytheon to Begin Phase 3 on DARPA Persistent Close Air Support Program
TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 4, 2014—Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is beginning Phase 3 of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program.  DARPA has exercised its Phase 3 option with Raytheon, an 18-month, $25.5 million effort...
Drought Grips California
Persistent dry weather has grown more worrisome in the Western United States, with nearly two-thirds of the region experiencing drought. By most measures, California is suffering the worst of it.
South Australia Police Purchase Surveillance UASs
South Australia Police recently added two unmanned aircraft systems”or remotely piloted aircraft as they're called in Australia”to its surveillance tool kit.
ESA Considers Plant Fluorescence Mission
Similar to radiant skin in humans, plants also glow when they're well. A European Space Agency (ESA) satellite could use fluorescence to track the health and productivity of vegetation worldwide.
Indonesia Volcano Dusts Surrounding Landscape
Until 2010, Indonesia's Sinabung volcano was dormant. Then a brief burst in 2010 caused the temporary evacuation of about 30,000 nearby residents. The volcano was at it again this February.
UAS Video Instrumental in Gauging Dangerous Fire
When a fire broke out at a Branford, Conn. quarry on Jan. 30, 2014, Fire Chief Jack Ahern knew it was more complex than most incidents”the quarry housed explosives for a blasting company.
Is Global Warming Hiding Underwater?
Global satellite data show a 30-year uptrend of sea-surface temperature has slowed during the last 15 years”not the end of global warming, but a shuffle in the climate system's energy flow.
