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Korea’s space agency seeks revision of plan to modify next-gen rockets into reusable system
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UAE Space Agency Signs Agreement With Technology Innovation Institute to Execute the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt’s Lander Project
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Private Japanese lunar lander enters orbit around moon ahead of a June touchdown
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Wednesday, October 12th, 2016

TomTom’s HD Map Powers Autonomous Driving

MELBOURNE, Australia - ITS World Congress – TomTom (TOM2) today announces a joint autonomous driving demonstration with Bosch. TomTom provided its HD Map and RoadDNA technology to setup a demonstration on the Australian F1 Grand Prix circuit...

Wednesday, October 12th, 2016

DJI and Datumate Partner to Deliver Site Survey Solution

DJI and Datumate have begun offering a drone, software and app package that fully automates and expedites site surveys. Tailored for professional surveying jobs, the DJI-Datumate Site Survey Solution simplifies the surveying and mapping processes, while maintaining...

Wednesday, October 12th, 2016

Teledyne Optech Announces New Efficiency Enhancement for ALTM Galaxy Wide-Area Lidar Mapping Sensor

Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce a high-performance scanner update to its innovative line of airborne laser terrain mappers, the Optech Galaxy ALTM™. The Galaxy’s scan efficiency has been engineered to deliver an additional 30% boost to...

Wednesday, October 12th, 2016

InterGEO2016: AltiGator and YellowScan Unveil a 5.6kg Survey-Grade LiDAR UAV all Integrated System, Ideal for Centimetric Urban Surveys

AltiGator and YellowScan are pleased to announce an ultra-light weight LiDAR UAV combo allowing for the first time centimetric UAV surveys in urban areas, in accordance with most regulations. The YellowScan Surveyor ultra-light stand-alone LiDAR system is...

Wednesday, October 12th, 2016

Pix4D Launches MOBILE + DESKTOP + CLOUD Solutions for Drone Mapping at InterGeo 2016

Drone mapping software developer Pix4D launches hybrid solutions today that integrate mobile, desktop, and cloud platforms for more flexible mapping.   “When we started Pix4D six years ago, we were a cloud processing company,” said Christoph Strecha,...

Wednesday, October 12th, 2016

LizardTech Releases Latest GeoExpress, now including Geiger-Mode Support

SEATTLE, Wash.  — LizardTech®, the creator of MrSID® and provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, today announced the release of GeoExpress® 9.5.3.  The company’s flagship image asset handling product to compress, manage, distribute,...

Tuesday, October 11th, 2016

SimActive Launches Subscription UAV Software

Montreal, Canada, October 11th, 2016 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce a new subscription-based offering for Correlator3D™ UAV.  The rental option allows users with a dynamic workload to access a...

Monday, October 10th, 2016

DigitalGlobe Now Targeting Late October or Early November for WorldView-4 Satellite Launch

WESTMINSTER, Colo. - DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in earth imagery and information about our changing planet, today announced the WorldView-4 satellite launch has been delayed due to ongoing efforts to restore and test infrastructure...

Monday, October 10th, 2016

Trimble Sells its Unmanned Aircraft System Business to Delair-Tech

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 10, 2016 —Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that Delair-Tech has acquired its Belgium-based Gatewing Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) engineering and manufacturing business. Delair-Tech is a leading provider of long-range, fixed-wing UAS solutions for industrial...

Monday, October 10th, 2016

DAT/EM Systems International INTERGEO Booth to Feature 3D Building Capture and UAV Technologies

DAT/EM Systems International® will exhibit at this year’s INTERGEO® Conference in Hamburg, Germany with RhinoTerrain™ SARL, Pulse Aerospace and local partner DAT/EM Systems Europe. DAT/EM Systems and RhinoTerrain will offer software demos, and Pulse Aerospace will display...