Leicestershire – Aerial mapping company Bluesky International is working with the Dutch mobile mapping specialist Cyclomedia to bring together imagery and height data, captured from the air and at street level, to fuel a growing demand for virtual city applications...
Shield AI Raises $210 Million Series D Round
SAN DIEGO - Shield AI a fast-growing defense technology company developing AI and self-driving technologies for aircraft, today announced it has raised $210M in equity financing as part of a Series D fundraising round, increasing its valuation past the...
Velodyne Lidar Announces Multi-Year Sales Agreement with Renu Robotics
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR, VLDRW) today announced a multi-year agreement to provide its Puck™ lidar sensors to Renu Robotics, an industry leader in autonomous vegetation management systems. Renu Robotics’ Renubot, a...
Kratos Air Wolf Tactical Drone System Completes Successful Flight at Burns Flat, Oklahoma Range Facility
SAN DIEGO - Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider announced today that its Air Wolf Tactical Drone System completed a 100 percent successful flight at the recently approved Burns Flat, Oklahoma...
A2Z Drone Delivery Launches Commercial Dual-Payload UAV Featuring Its Freefall Delivery System
The RDSX dual-payload commercial delivery UAV combines A2Z Drone Delivery’s tethered freefall delivery mechanism with a proven eight-rotor airframe enabling drone delivery at scale by streamlining multi-destination flights, minimizing delivery time-on-station and...
Space Foundation and ICESCO Sign Joint Public Partnership Agreement
Events Tie Benefits of Space Science and Technology to Economic Development Worldwide COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today signed an agreement at the 36th Space...
ELTA North America Completes Delivery of Mobile Counter-sUAS Defense-in-Depth Capability to the U.S. DoD & DHS
ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, Md.- ELTA North America announces the final contractual delivery of its advanced Counter Drone Solution, the On-The-Move V4 (OTM V4) C-sUAS solution. The OTM V4 was designed to address the Assistant Secretary of Defense Special Operations /...
SoCalGas to Use Gas Mapping LiDAR™ to Reduce Methane Emissions
OZEMAN, Mont.- In a bold leadership move to increase safety and reduce emissions, the nation's largest gas distribution utility, Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), recently signed an agreement for $12 million with high-tech laser company, Bridger...
NASA's MISR Instrument Sees California Wildfire Smoke Plumes From Space
As of Aug. 24, 2021, wildfires in Northern California—including the McCash, Antelope, River Complex, Monument and Dixie fires—have scorched more than 1 million acres of land. The Dixie Fire, the state’s second-largest in history, accounts for 731,310 acres. On...
Vega Soars to Space
On Aug. 16, 2021, Vega lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on flight VV19 to deliver into two separate Sun-synchronous orbits the Earth observation satellite Pléiades Neo-4 and four auxiliary payloads: SunStorm, RadCube and LEDSAT developed through...
