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South Korea’s Space Agency Seeks 47% Budget Hike for 2027; Regular Nuri Launches, Lunar Lander Development to Begin
The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) has proposed a 2027...
Space42 launches Future Spacers Programme to develop UAE space talent
Space42, the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company, has launched the...
US, China arm for space warfare: hunter satellites and orbital weapons
Amid the rapidly-evolving field of military space operations, Beijing...
ISRO Puts India’s First Geo Imaging Satellite In Orbit, PM Modi Hails EOS-05 Launch Aboard GSLV-F17
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) successfully launched EOS-05,...
China releases first nationwide geometric benchmark imagery, setting a unified ‘spatial scale’ for satellite remote sensing
China's Ministry of Natural Resources has released its first...
India to have its own space station by 2035, says ISRO chairman
Speaking at the 14th convocation ceremony of IIT-BHU, ISRO...
Isro will not make any launch vehicle, all tech to be handed to private sector
IN-SPACe chairman Pawan Goenka said Isro is moving launch...
North Korea fires ballistic missiles as US-South Korea drills near end
South Korea has condemned North Korea’s launch ⁠of more...
Orbitworks ships UAE-built Altair-1 to US ahead of October launch
Abu Dhabi-based satellite company Orbitworks has shipped Altair-1, the...

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Thursday, April 11th, 2019

Trimble Announces High-Accuracy Field Solution for GIS Applications

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today a new high-performance field computer for its Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) portfolio—the Trimble® TDC150 handheld. Designed for GIS data collection, inspection and management activities, the TDC150 provides users a...

Thursday, April 11th, 2019

OGC publishes results from its Testbed-14 Innovation Initiative

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is excited to announce that the Engineering Reports documenting the outcomes and achievements of 2018’s largest Research and Development (R&D) initiative, Testbed-14, are now published and freely available. The Engineering Reports document...

Thursday, April 11th, 2019

Hemisphere GNSS Announces New Atlas®-Capable, Multi-GNSS Vector™ V200 GNSS Compass

SOUTHAMPTON, England - Powered by Hemisphere's Crescent® Vector technology, the V200 is a multi-GNSS compass system that utilizes GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, and QZSS (with future firmware upgrade and activation) for simultaneous satellite tracking to offer heading, position,...

Thursday, April 11th, 2019

Amsterdam Drone Week and Commercial UAV Expo Europe to join forces

Amsterdam Drone Week and Commercial UAV Expo Europe have announced a new partnership to host a combined trade show and conference focusing on drones, taking place from 30 November to 4 December 2020. Amsterdam Drone Week is...

Thursday, April 11th, 2019

FLIR Completes Strategic Investment in DroneBase

ARLINGTON, Va. & LOS ANGELES- FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) and DroneBase, Inc. announced today that FLIR has made a strategic investment in DroneBase, a global drone operations company that provides businesses access to one of the...

Thursday, April 11th, 2019

HERE launches XYZ: Mapmaking and geospatial data management made easy for developers and non-coders alike

Extends the HERE Freemium plan for developers by adding new tools to build location-aware applications. Empowers users to create maps without writing code. Delivers ready-made tools for staging, editing and publishing live geospatial data. Combines “command-line cartography”...

Thursday, April 11th, 2019

Motorola Solutions Announces Mapping, Analytics Enhancements to CommandCentral Aware Software

CHICAGO – The moment a 9-1-1 call is received, the influx of data begins: incident information from the caller, dispatcher notes, location of first responders, historical records, sensor data and more. To bring together and make sense...

Thursday, April 11th, 2019

BlackSky Completes Critical On-Orbit Milestones with Global-1 and -2 Satellites as It Readies for Start of Commercial Operations

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.- Today, at the 35th Space Symposium, held in Colorado Springs, Colo., BlackSky, a leading provider of geospatial intelligence, satellite imaging, and global monitoring services, announced it has successfully achieved several significant on-orbit milestones of...

Thursday, April 11th, 2019

Mexico City Police Department and Cape Announce Drone Integration Program to Improve Public Safety

Cape, the leading cloud platform for drone telepresence and data management, and the Mexico City Police Department (SSP CDMX) today announced the launch of its drone deployment program. As part of the program, drones equipped with the...

Thursday, April 11th, 2019

FARO® Appoints Michael D. Burger as President and Chief Executive Officer

LAKE MARY, Fla.- FARO® (NASDAQ: FARO), the world's most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for 3D manufacturing, construction BIM, 3D design, public safety forensics, and photonics applications, today announced that Michael D. Burger has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer...