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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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Friday, January 25th, 2019

Revolutionizing Crash Reconstruction with Drones and Lasers

“Road safety is an issue that does not receive anywhere near the attention it deserves – and it really is one of our great opportunities to save lives around the world,” Michael Bloomberg, WHO Global Ambassador for...

Friday, January 25th, 2019

Eleanor Crane, PhD Named CTO of Enview

SAN FRANCISCO - Enview, a Silicon Valley-based company using the latest in AI and machine learning to protect critical energy infrastructure and prevent incidents such as wildfires, leaks, and spills, announced that Dr. Eleanor Crane has been named...

Friday, January 25th, 2019

EagleView Taps Former HP Executive to Spearhead Product Strategy as New Chief Product & Marketing Officer

BELLEVUE, Wash. - EagleView®, the leading provider of aerial imagery and property data analytics for the government, insurance, construction and energy sectors, welcomes Michael Park to the executive team as its new Chief Product and Marketing Officer.  Park...

Friday, January 25th, 2019

India Responds to China-Pakistan Satellite Launch with its Own Border Surveillance Satellites

India’s discomfort of the friendship brewing between Pakistan and China was evident as it announced plans to launch border surveillance satellites. Read More at Business Insider

Friday, January 25th, 2019

Velodyne Lidar and YellowScan Lead Drone Surveying Market for Highway Capacity Expansion

SAN JOSE, Calif.- Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced that the YellowScan Surveyor from YellowScan has utilized Velodyne’s groundbreaking sensor technology to generate precise mapping data for an infrastructure construction project on one of Central Europe’s busiest roadways....

Friday, January 25th, 2019

Taranis Launches Industry-First Automated Crop Emergence and Stand Count Solution

TEL AVIV, Israel - Precision agriculture intelligence leader Taranis, today announced the launch of its new solution that calculates and monitors the planting of seeds. Taranis is the first platform to offer farmers and agronomists a scalable...

Friday, January 25th, 2019

Intel Announces New Class of RealSense Stand-Alone Inside-Out Tracking Camera

SANTA CLARA, Calif.- What’s New: Intel today introduced the Intel® RealSense™ Tracking Camera T265, a new class of stand-alone inside-out tracking device that will provide developers with a powerful building block for autonomous devices, delivering high-performance guidance...

Friday, January 25th, 2019

CoreLogic Leverages Pushpin’s Deep Learning Platform to Automatically Extract Property Attributes

Pushpin announced today that it had secured a contract with CoreLogic to automatically extract property attributes from aerial imagery using machine learning. Under the contract, Pushpin leveraged its deep learning platform to extract parcel information including roofing...

Friday, January 25th, 2019

Thales Alenia Space and Maxar Consortium Achieve Major Milestone in Design Phase of Telesat’s LEO Satellite Constellation

CANNES, France and WESTMINSTER, Colo. - Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33 %), and SSL, a Maxar Technologies company (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR), have completed an important milestone for the Telesat...

Thursday, January 24th, 2019

UAE Announces Launch Date of Mars Probe

The UAE's unmanned spacecraft to Mars will be launched during a tight window between July 14 to August 3, 2020, the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has announced. Read More at Khaleej Times