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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
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2018

Kratos Delivers Virtual Machine-Based Satellite Ground Communications Architecture for Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)

SAN DIEGO - Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its subsidiary, Kratos RT Logic, delivered a virtual machine software satellite ground communications solution that commands the payload...

Wednesday, February 28th, 2018

Twenty Districts Responsible for One-Fourth of Germany’s Stationary Retail Turnover

Bruchsal – GfK’s latest prognosis of regional retail turnover in 2018 shows promising conditions for retail locations not just in Germany’s most populous metropolises, but also in several mid-sized cities. GfK’s study “GfK Retail Turnover 2018” forecasts...

Wednesday, February 28th, 2018

Ball Aerospace Teams with BAE Systems to Provide Advanced Network Communications for the U.S. Navy

BOULDER, Colo. - Ball Aerospace will deliver multi-beam phased array antenna systems as part of a contract win by BAE Systems for the U.S. Navy Network Tactical Common Data Link (NTCDL) System. The NTCDL system enables multiple...

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

ISRO Develops MSETCL GIS Portal

The central Regional Remote Sensing Centre (RRSC-C)/ISRO at Nagpur develops a web-based GIS Portal in collaboration with Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd. (MSETCL) Mumbai toward spatial integration of information on Electrical Transmission Infrastructure. The RRSC-C was...

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

South African Nautical Charts Now Available from EVG

MINNEAPOLIS – February 27, 2018 – East View Geospatial (EVG) is pleased to announce that it has expanded its nautical chart offerings via an agreement with the South African Navy Hydrographic Office (SANHO). This agreement makes EVG...

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

gvSIG 2.4, New Version of gvSIG Open Source GIS is Now Available

gvSIG Desktop 2.4, the new version of the open source Geographic  Information System, is now available. You can access both the gvSIG Desktop 2.4 installable and portable versions from the download section of the project website ,...

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

GEO Jobe to share “The Power of GIS, Simplified” at the 2018 Esri Partner Conference and DevSummit

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - GEO Jobe is pleased to announce the team will be attending and exhibiting once again at the 2018 Esri Partner Conference (March 3-5) and the Esri DevSummit (March 6-9) at the Palm Springs Convention...

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

Envitia Appoints Nabil Lodey as CEO

Envitia Group PLC, the leading provider of geospatial technology and solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Nabil Lodey as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with immediate effect. Nabil has over 20 years of leading innovative organisations,...

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

Maxar Technologies Announces William McCombe is Stepping Down as CFO, Anil Wirasekara Appointed Interim CFO

SAN FRANCISCO and VANCOUVER - Maxar Technologies Ltd.  ("Maxar" or the "Company", formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. "MDA"), (NYSE and TSX: MAXR), a leading global provider of advanced space technology solutions for commercial and government markets, today announced...

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

Mapbox Launches Global Reality-Grade AR Location Platform

BARCELONA, Spain - As static 2D maps fade away with the bezels of mobile phones, the future interfaces for navigation and gaming exist in augmented reality. App developers need new frameworks and reality-grade location data to build the...