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PLD Space increases investment in its Launch Complex at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) to €35M, strengthening Europe’s sovereign space infrastructure
The investment is expected to generate approximately €21 million...
India seeks Singapore capital to fuel its ambitious private space sector
India aims to grow its space economy to US$44...
China conducts surprise launch of Long March 12B, delivers Qianfan satellites on debut flight
HELSINKI — China conducted the maiden launch of its...
ISRO to launch first unmanned Gaganyaan mission by year’s end
The Chairman of ISRO, Somnath said that the efforts...
ORF- RSIS Special Report Launch | India and Southeast Asia: Mapping Strategic Convergence in an Era of Great-Power Competition
In 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India’s shift...
Israel defense ecosystem meets to accelerate fieldable counter‑drone tech
Sparked by a message from the frontlines, CET Sandbox...
Chinese startup Mega Engine advances reusable staged-combustion rocket engine
HELSINKI — A new Chinese commercial rocket engine startup...
Haryana wins Geospatial Excellence Award for agricultural innovation in Netherlands
Haryana has been internationally recognised for its technological innovation...
South Korean, Singaporean Entities Partner To Support Space Startup Expansion
SINGAPORE—BlueTide Capital and Singapore Space and Technology Think Tank...
Japan space startups to train engineers from India, Philippines, Indonesia
JICA program to coach professionals on satellite manufacturing, data...

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Friday, March 17th, 2017

Israel Closes Palestinian Land Mapping Office in Jerusalem

Israel today closed a Palestinian office which maps and monitors the transfer of Palestinian land to Israelis, ransacking it and detaining its director, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. Read More at MEM

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Gray Eagle Drones Are Not Being Deployed To South Korea As A Reactionary Measure

The news that the US Army is deploying MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft to South Korea came yesterday packaged in a strange manner. News outlets and the US government seemed to be making the point that the...

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Expert Drones Announces Drone Franchise and Partnership Opportunities; New Full-Service Drone Store to Open in Rochester, NY

WASHINGTON - Expert Drones, a subsidiary of Dronepire Inc., publicly unveiled today it's highly anticipated drone franchising and partnership program, providing savvy entrepreneurs the resources and opportunity to become part of the growing multi-billion-dollar drone industry.  The...

Friday, March 17th, 2017

OGC Approves New Standard for Geological Science Data

The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has approved GeoSciML as an OGC Standard. The OGC GeoSciML Standard defines a model and encoding for geological features commonly described and portrayed in geological maps, cross sections, geological...

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Leidos Pilots New Service For Unmanned Aircraft Systems

RESTON, Va. - Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) Flight Service has created an unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) service that helps safeguard the airspace by sending automatic notifications of unmanned aircraft operations to relevant groups. The Leidos UAS Notification Service is...

Friday, March 17th, 2017

PhotoFlight Aerial Media, America’s Largest Drone Operator, Announces Acquisition of Notadrone.com and 500 Feet Drones

MANCHESTER, Conn. - PhotoFlight Aerial Media www.photoflightam.com, the leading national commercial drone service provider offering state of the art FAA authorized UAV aerial media services, announced today it has acquired 500 Feet Drones, LLC and Stribog Media LLC,...

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Maptycs Launches Evolutionary RMIS Platform

NEW YORK - Maptycs® (www.maptycs.com), an entrepreneurial global provider of map content-enabled workflow solutions, announced the release of Maptycs®, a powerful new enterprise software product for risk management, today. Developed with the collaborative input from risk management...

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Kratos Receives $1.6 Million Single Award Contract for New, In Development, High Performance Unmanned Aerial Drone System

SAN DIEGO - Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Unmanned Systems Division (USD) recently received an initial $1.6 million single award contract related to a new,...

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Global Mapper SDK and LiDAR Module SDK v18.1 Released with New Managed .NET Wrapper, Expanded Format Support, and New LiDAR QC Capability

Blue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 18.1 of the Global Mapper Software Development Kit (SDK) along with the Global Mapper LiDAR Module SDK. The latest upgrade to this powerful developer's toolkit...

Friday, March 17th, 2017

TomTom HD Map for Autonomous Driving Now Covers Mainland US Interstate Road Network

DEARBORN, Mich.- Connected Car Detroit, – TomTom (TOM2) today announces it has completed the expansion of its High Definition (HD) Map product to the entire mainland US interstate network, now covering over 185,000 kilometres** of interstates and...