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Thursday, May 24th, 2018

FLIR Launches Radar and Thermal Products for Border Patrol and the Dismounted Warfighter

WILSONVILLE, Ore. - FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announced the availability of three products for use by global militaries and government agencies including border patrol agents. These products include two FLIR Ranger® mid-range panel radars, one...

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

Hexagon’s Positioning Intelligence Attains Major Milestone in the Drive to Safe Autonomy

Calgary, Canada - Hexagon’s Positioning Intelligence division is pleased to announce the latest milestone achieved on the road to safe autonomy. The company’s ground-breaking initiative is on a mission to develop functionally safe positioning technologies for fully...

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

NCTech Unveils iSTAR Pulsar

Edinburgh, UK – NCTech, a developer of reality imaging systems, today announced the availability of iSTAR Pulsar , the company’s professional edge-to-cloud big data system, optimized for capture on the move.   iSTAR Pulsar is designed to...

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

Iridium Completes Sixth Successful Iridium® NEXT Launch

MCLEAN, Va. - Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) announced today that at 12:47:58pm PDT (19:47:58 UTC) SpaceX successfully launched five Iridium NEXT satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.  The Iridium satellites were joined by the twin...

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

Kratos Receives $55 Million in Space and Satellite Communications Contract Awards

SAN DIEGO - Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that it has recently received a number of space and satellite communications contract awards totaling approximately $55 million.  Work...

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Demonstrates Low-Cost, High Thrust Space Engine

REDMOND, Wash. - Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully completed hot-fire testing of a new in-space engine, designated ISE-100. Developed for commercial in-space applications, ISE-100 has the potential to be a critical element for future lunar robotic missions. Producing 100...

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

Esri Opens Additional Office in Charlotte, North Carolina

Redlands, California—Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced the opening of a new office in the up-and-coming Waverly neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, in addition to its 3325 Springbank Lane location. The site will be...

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

Esri Publishes Crime Analysis Tutorial

REDLANDS, Calif.— Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced the publication of GIS Tutorial for Crime Analysis, second edition. Readers use Esri ArcGIS software and sample data as they work through step-by-step exercises and independent...

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

Map of the Month: Fashion’s share of retail turnover, Europe 2017

The fashion segment enjoyed a 13.5% share of the EU-28's total stationary retail turnover in 2017. According to GfK's recent study on European retail, stationary retail and particularly fashion retail are under pressure from e-commerce, off-price concepts,...

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018

First Kenyan Satellite Selected as Initial KiboCUBE Program

On May 11, 2018, the first CubeSat developed under the KiboCUBE program was successfully deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” of the International Space Station.   1KUNS-PF was developed as Kenya’s first satellite, and the University...