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From drones to space tech, Japan looks to startups to strengthen its defences
Tokyo is stepping up efforts to harness dual-use technologies...
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, February 14th, 2019

Euro Group Builds Portal to Support Geospatial Open Data

Not-for-profit organisation EuroGraphics – which represents official bodies including UK national mapping agency Ordnance Survey – is leading the Open European Location Services (Open ELS) project and has indicated it expects to deliver the portal in April....

Thursday, February 14th, 2019

Chile Weighs Commercial Replacement for Lone Spy Satellite

WASHINGTON — As the Chilean Air Force looks to replace an aging spy satellite it bought from Airbus a decade ago, the European aerospace giant is facing competition for the project from Ball Aerospace, Lockheed Martin and Maxar...

Thursday, February 14th, 2019

Map Wars: Japan-US Carmakers Join to Counter Google and China

TOKYO -- A Japanese map platform developer funded by leading automakers will acquire an American peer affiliated with General Motors, seeking a stronger position for challenging Google and Chinese rivals in a vital area for self-driving cars....

Thursday, February 14th, 2019

Indonesia Opens Satellite Image Data to Public

North Nias Marine and Fisheries Agency head Sabar Jaya Telaumbanua in North Sumatra province could not hide his excitement when witnessing local fishermen in the regency return with a big catch --much bigger than usual. Read More at Jakarta Times

Wednesday, February 13th, 2019

Human Activity in China and India Dominates the Greening of Earth

The world is literally a greener place than it was 20 years ago, and data from NASA satellites revealed a counterintuitive source for much of this new foliage: China and India. A new study shows that the...

Wednesday, February 13th, 2019

Airbus and Hisdesat Successfully Processed the First TerraSAR-X / PAZ Radar Interferogram

Friedrichshafen, Madrid – Airbus Defence and Space and Hisdesat Servicios Estratégicos, S.A. have generated the first joint TerraSAR-X / PAZ Radar Interferogram. This milestone demonstrates the missions’ capacity for cross-sensor interferometry, whose processing is among the most...

Wednesday, February 13th, 2019

ACEINNA Receives Golden Mousetrap Award for OpenIMU Sensors Platform

ACEINNA today announced that it has earned the coveted Golden Mousetrap Award for its OpenIMU Platform for ADAS and autonomous vehicle navigation and localization. OpenIMU enables advanced, easy-to-deploy localization and navigation algorithm solutions for a fraction of...

Wednesday, February 13th, 2019

70% of Map Business Online Users Create Customer Visualizations for Sales Planning

CORNISH, Maine - SpatialTEQ Inc., publisher of North America's most advanced cloud-based business mapping software, Www.MapBusinessOnline.com, offers an affordable solution for customer visualizations against an accurate business map as a key business mapping feature. Detailed user-base application analysis...

Wednesday, February 13th, 2019

AeroVironment Introduces Next Generation of Quantix Drone and AV DSS with New Product Updates, FMS Integration, Plant Count Beta Trial and Custom-tailored Pricing Packages for Growers to Ag Service Providers

SIMI VALLEY, Calif.-AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems for both defense and commercial applications, today introduced the next generation of its Quantix™ VTOL hybrid drone and the AeroVironment Decision Support System™ (AV DSS)...

Wednesday, February 13th, 2019

DLT Named Master Government Aggregator by 3D Design, Engineering, and Entertainment Software Leader Autodesk

HERNDON, Va.- DLT Solutions, the premier government solutions aggregator, announced today its new position as Autodesk's Master Government Aggregator. DLT will manage all Autodesk government business transacted through the Value-Added Reseller (VAR) and the Direct Market Reseller (DMR)...