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ISRO to map landslides in J&K using satellite to generate alerts
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Thursday, January 4th, 2018

Orion UAS Contracted by U.S. Air Force

Manassas, VA – The U.S. Air Force has awarded a new $48 million contract to Aurora Flight Sciences for the continued development of the Orion Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Orion is a twin-engine high performance UAS that...

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018

Airbus Ships High-Power Electric SES-14 Satellite to Kourou

Toulouse – SES-14, the first ever all-electric satellite in the 4-tonne class today left the Airbus Defence and Space clean rooms in Toulouse. The spacecraft will be delivered to French Guiana for its launch from Kourou CSG...

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018

LG Electronics And HERE Technologies Partner On Autonomous Cars

TROY, Mich.- LG Electronics (LG) is partnering with HERE Technologies (HERE), a global provider of digital mapping and location services, to offer a next-generation telematics solution for autonomous vehicles. The solution combines LG's advanced telematics technology with...

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018

Simple GIS Software Proudly Releases Simple GIS Client Version 10

Simple GIS Software, LLC has announced that it has released version 10 of its Simple GIS Client Application, a lightweight but powerful desktop GIS software for Windows PCs, laptops, and tablets. Simple GIS Client is a powerful,...

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018

OGC Announces European Space Agency Invitation to Tender for Testbed 14 Thematic Exploitation Platforms

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) invites interested organizations to respond to Part 2 of the OGC Testbed 14 Call for Participation. Part 2 concerns the European Space Agency's Exploitation Platforms, which is part of the Testbed 14 Earth...

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018

Drone Delivery Canada Corp. to Commence Trading on the TSX Venture Exchange

TORONTO- Further to its press release dated December 18, 2017, Drone Delivery Canada 'DDC or the Company' (CSE:FLT  OTC:TAKOF), is pleased to announce that the Company has been accepted for listing on the TSX Venture Exchange (the...

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018

China Makes 2017 Memorable with Launch of Three EO Satellites

China: The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) declared the last country’s space launch in 2017 after the successful launch of its three Earth Observation satellites on December 26. The satellites were launched using the Long...

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018

China to Host UN’s 1st Geoinformation Meeting

The first United Nations (UN) meeting on surveying and mapping is to be held in November next year in Deqing of east China's Zhejiang Province, authorities said Monday. Read More at China.ORG

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018

North Korea May Test a Reconnaissance Satellite that Can Transmit Data to Earth

North Korea has reportedly developed a more advanced reconnaissance satellite and may be able to move it on a mobile launcher. Read More at Yahoo Finance

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018

China’s Wing Loong UAS Creates Record of ‘Five Hits in Succession’

China's newly-developed Wing Loong II UAS, a high-end reconnaissance-strike unmanned aerial system (UAS), has created a record "five hits in succession," its developer announced Sunday. Read More at ECNS