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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, March 20th, 2017

Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports ULA Launch of Wideband Global SATCOM Spacecraft for the U.S. Military

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), played a major role in successfully launching and placing the ninth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-9) spacecraft into orbit for the U.S. military. The...

Monday, March 20th, 2017

INTERAERIAL SOLUTIONS Part of INTERGEO: Europe’s Leading Trade Fair for Commercial and Civil Drones

Berlin/Karlsruhe, 20 March 2017.  Virtually no other sector is growing and becoming more professional at a faster rate than UAS (unmanned aerial systems). The focus has long since moved beyond technical aspects such as drone hardware or...

Monday, March 20th, 2017

Transport Canberra and City Services Maps Tree Canopy From Aerial Laser Scan with FME and 1Spatial

Cambridge, UK, 20 March 2017 (www.1spatial.com) 1Spatial, global leaders in managing geospatial data, today announced that Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS) recently engaged 1Spatial to analyse and extract aerial laser scanning data to accelerate the process...

Monday, March 20th, 2017

SBG Systems to Announce a New Generation of the Ekinox Series Inertial Sensors

Rueil-Malmaison, France, March 20th 2017 - SBG Systems is proud to announce the new Ekinox 2 Series, a new generation of the SBG’s advanced and compact inertial navigation systems. With new accelerometers and gyroscopes, Ekinox 2 attitude...

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Israel Closes Palestinian Land Mapping Office in Jerusalem

Israel today closed a Palestinian office which maps and monitors the transfer of Palestinian land to Israelis, ransacking it and detaining its director, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. Read More at MEM

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Gray Eagle Drones Are Not Being Deployed To South Korea As A Reactionary Measure

The news that the US Army is deploying MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft to South Korea came yesterday packaged in a strange manner. News outlets and the US government seemed to be making the point that the...

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Expert Drones Announces Drone Franchise and Partnership Opportunities; New Full-Service Drone Store to Open in Rochester, NY

WASHINGTON - Expert Drones, a subsidiary of Dronepire Inc., publicly unveiled today it's highly anticipated drone franchising and partnership program, providing savvy entrepreneurs the resources and opportunity to become part of the growing multi-billion-dollar drone industry.  The...

Friday, March 17th, 2017

OGC Approves New Standard for Geological Science Data

The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has approved GeoSciML as an OGC Standard. The OGC GeoSciML Standard defines a model and encoding for geological features commonly described and portrayed in geological maps, cross sections, geological...

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Leidos Pilots New Service For Unmanned Aircraft Systems

RESTON, Va. - Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) Flight Service has created an unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) service that helps safeguard the airspace by sending automatic notifications of unmanned aircraft operations to relevant groups. The Leidos UAS Notification Service is...

Friday, March 17th, 2017

PhotoFlight Aerial Media, America’s Largest Drone Operator, Announces Acquisition of Notadrone.com and 500 Feet Drones

MANCHESTER, Conn. - PhotoFlight Aerial Media www.photoflightam.com, the leading national commercial drone service provider offering state of the art FAA authorized UAV aerial media services, announced today it has acquired 500 Feet Drones, LLC and Stribog Media LLC,...