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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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Monday, May 21st, 2018

American Geographical Society to Award Samuel Finley Breese Morse Medal to Dr. Christopher Baruth

The Samuel Finley Breese Morse Medal, awarded by the American Geographical Society (AGS), is one of several prestigious honors given by the Society. Dr. Christopher Baruth, former Curator of the American Geographical Society Library (AGSL), will receive the medal on...

Monday, May 21st, 2018

MAPS™ SLs Emulator for Simulation of Location Based Services in LTE Network

GAITHERSBURG, Md. - GL Communications Inc., a global leader in telecom test and measurement solutions, today announced its enhanced Location Services (LCS) architecture in LTE network briefly, and its latest MAPS™ SLs Emulator solution to meet the...

Friday, May 18th, 2018

Woolpert Awarded $2M PennDOT Photogrammetry Contract

HARRISBURG, Pa.- The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has signed Woolpert to one of three statewide photogrammetry contracts. The five-year, $2 million contract is for geodetic survey and photogrammetric mapping, including stereo-compliant aerial and mobile lidar collections....

Friday, May 18th, 2018

Deimos Imaging Awarded Contract Exceeding USD $2.6M by the Brazilian Ministry of Defence

MADRID and VANCOUVER - UrtheCast Corp. (TSX: UR) ("UrtheCast" or the "Company") and its subsidiary, the Earth Observation company Deimos Imaging SLU ("Deimos Imaging"), announced today that Deimos Imaging has entered into a contract with the Brazilian...

Friday, May 18th, 2018

Telenav Open Sources Its AI Map-Making Technology to Improve OpenStreetMap and Announces $10,000-Prize Contest

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Telenav®, Inc. (NASDAQ:TNAV), a leading provider of connected-car and location-based platform services, announced the world’s first open-source machine-learning technology designed to detect navigation features in street-level imagery. Telenav’s AI-based, map-making technology automatically detects...

Friday, May 18th, 2018

TCarta Delivers Satellite Derived Bathymetry Data to Total for Hydrocarbon Exploration Project

BRISTOL, United Kingdom – TCarta, a global provider of marine geospatial products, has delivered satellite derived bathymetry (SDB) to Total SA, one of the world’s largest oil and gas producers. Total will use the water depth data...

Thursday, May 17th, 2018

Orbit GT Releases 18.1.2 Upgrade for 3D Mapping Feature Extraction Portfolio

“I’m happy to announce that new software updates now become available to the user at a much higher pace than ever before.”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “Our customers can now immediately take advantage of...

Thursday, May 17th, 2018

10-year GSA Partnership with the European Satellite Navigation Competition

Noordwijk, 17 May 2018 – Galileo is Europe’s global navigation satellite system (GNSS), operated and maintained by the Galileo Service Operator, and under contract with GSA. As Europe's link between space technology and user needs, and in...

Thursday, May 17th, 2018

County of Maui Selects Array Networks Virtual Application Delivery Controllers to Optimize Centralized Geographic Information Systems

MILPITAS, Calif.- Array Networks Inc., the network functions platform company, announces today that the County of Maui has selected Array’s vAPV virtual application delivery controllers (ADC) to assure high availability and guaranteed performance for its new geographic...

Thursday, May 17th, 2018

First KiboCUBE Satellite Deployed from the International Space Station

VIENNA – The first cube satellite (CubeSat) developed under the KiboCUBE programme of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been deployed from the International Space Station (ISS). The...