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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
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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
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India to have its own space station by 2035, says ISRO chairman
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Isro will not make any launch vehicle, all tech to be handed to private sector
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles as US-South Korea drills near end
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Orbitworks ships UAE-built Altair-1 to US ahead of October launch
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Monday, April 8th, 2019

New Version of the Global Mapper SDK Now Available with Support

Hallowell, Maine  - Blue Marble Geographics ( bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce that a new version of the Global Mapper Software Development Kit (SDK) is now available, providing software engineers with the means to embed the latest...

Monday, April 8th, 2019

Battery Ventures-Backed AED-SICAD Announces Acquisition of GIS Software Company Geocom

AED-SICAD, Battery Ventures’ core portfolio company in the geographic-information systems (GIS) market, has completed the acquisition of Geocom Group, a provider of GIS technology for markets including utilities, transport and logistics. Under its previous ownership by Esri...

Monday, April 8th, 2019

Lithuanian Transport Safety Administration Renews Partnership with Esri to Modernize Maritime Location Data Infrastructure

REDLANDS, Calif.- Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced that it has contracted with the Lithuanian Transport Safety Administration (LTSA), Hydrography Division. LTSA will partner with Esri; local distributor Hnit-Baltic; and Quality Positioning Services (QPS),...

Monday, April 8th, 2019

Exprodat Awarded Esri’s “Release Ready Speciality”

Exprodat, the petroleum ArcGIS platform specialist, Esri Gold-level Partner and Getech Group company, has been awarded the Release Ready Speciality by Esri Inc. The Release Ready Specialty designation is only awarded to those Esri business partners who...

Friday, April 5th, 2019

HawkEye 360 Launches First Commercial Product – RFGeo

HERNDON, Va.- HawkEye 360 Inc. today announced that it has launched RFGeo, a first-of-its-kind radio frequency (RF) signal mapping product. RFGeo uses the unique data generated by the HawkEye Constellation of space-based RF sensing satellites to identify...

Friday, April 5th, 2019

BetterGIS Appoints James Rodisch Chief Financial Officer

NOVATO, CA – BetterGIS, an innovator in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications, today announced that James Rodisch, an executive leader with decades of experience building growth companies, has been named Chief Financial Officer and a member of...

Friday, April 5th, 2019

Anti-jitter Satellite Technology Enters Testing Phase

Inovor Technologies CEO Dr Matthew Tetlow said a A$272,000 Defence Innovation Hub grant would go toward proving the company’s algorithm can stabilise control systems to keep satellites fixed on specific positions. “The stabilising technology enables very fine...

Friday, April 5th, 2019

India Woos Global Geospatial Industry with Human Capital, Seeks Investment

AMSTERDAM: India on Tuesday invited the global geospatial industry to tap into its huge talent pool. Read More at Economic Times

Friday, April 5th, 2019

Washington to Give Dhaka $13m to Develop UAS

The United States has announced a donation of $13 million to support Bangladesh’s drone or unmanned aerial system (UAS) project for deployment in UN peacekeeping operations. Read More at Dhaka Tribune

Friday, April 5th, 2019

Starting May, ISRO to Launch a String of ‘Defence’ Satellites

Between now and early 2020, the space above India looks set to see an unprecedented rush of satellites meant solely or mainly for the country’s military. Read More at The Hindu