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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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Tuesday, December 19th, 2017

Drone Use Case: Intel’s Falcon 8+ Drone Helps Preserve 15th -Century German Cathedral

The 15th century Halberstadt Cathedral in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany is getting help from 21 century technology: the Intel® Falcon™ 8+ drone. In collaboration with experts from Bauhaus University Weimar and Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt, a foundation for the preservation of...

Tuesday, December 19th, 2017

Newly Launched Seminar Programme at GEO Business 2018 – Call for Abstracts Announced

The organisers of the UK’s largest geospatial event, GEO Business 2018, have issued a call to those working at the cutting edge of geospatial developments to submit their abstracts for a newly launched seminar programme to be...

Tuesday, December 19th, 2017

YellowScan and Geotrim Sign a Distribution Agreement for Finland

YellowScan and Geotrim have concluded a distribution agreement for Finland. Headquartered in Vantaa, Geotrim is the Finnish Distributor of Trimble Geomatics solutions with long time experience on Imaging and UAV technologies. The agreement broadens YellowScan´s coverage in...

Tuesday, December 19th, 2017

USGS and NASA Select New Landsat Science Team

The team’s primary responsibility is to conduct Landsat-based scientific research and engineering studies, develop useful data products and applications and share the results of its work with the USGS, NASA and others. Members will serve a five-year...

Monday, December 18th, 2017

ISRO to Develop Smaller Rockets to Carry Smaller Satellites

With the size of Earth-observation satellites reducing and the future trend moving toward a constellation of small satellites rather than a large one, India's space agency is developing a smaller rocket that can carry satellites weighing up...

Monday, December 18th, 2017

Airbus Selected by ESA for Copernicus Data and Information Access Service (DIAS)

Brussels  – Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to be one of four suppliers for DIAS, the Copernicus Data and Information Access Service. DIAS will make data and information easily available to users...

Monday, December 18th, 2017

Velodyne LiDAR and Paracosm Team Up to Capture Environments on a Virtually Unlimited Scale

SAN JOSE, Calif.- Velodyne LiDAR Inc., the world leader in 3D vision systems for autonomous vehicles, and Paracosm, a division of Occipital, today announced that the two companies have partnered to integrate Velodyne’s VLP-16 Puck LiDAR sensors...

Monday, December 18th, 2017

ATX Seed Ventures leads $3.25 Million Seed Round into Slingshot Aerospace to Use Satellite, Aircraft and Drone Data to Solve Geospatial Information Challenges

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ATX Seed Ventures announces today that it has led a $3.25M Series Seed funding in Slingshot Aerospace, a company utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to provide repeatable solutions to geospatial information challenges...

Monday, December 18th, 2017

Epson Expands its WorkForce Wide-Format Printer Series, Powered by PrecisionCore

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Epson America, Inc., a leading provider of superior performing printing solutions, today announced the newest additions to its WorkForce® wide-format printer series designed for small businesses, architects, creative professionals, and engineers. Powered by PrecisionCore®,...

Monday, December 18th, 2017

GeoSpark Analytics Launches BlueGlass, a Location-Based, AI-Powered Data Analytics Platform

CHANTILLY, Va.- GeoSpark Analytics, a new company providing location-based information for risk and threat assessment and decision support, has launched BlueGlass, its flagship platform. BlueGlass aggregates millions of data points and provides machine speed reporting on trends...