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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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Friday, January 13th, 2017

Airbus Defence and Space Celebrates Five Years of the First Pléiades Satellite Launch

Five years ago, the very high-resolution satellite Pléiades 1A was launched from the Guiana Space Center, joined by its twin Pléiades 1B a few months later. This was the start of what is known as the Pléiades...

Friday, January 13th, 2017

USGIF CEO Reappointed as Vice Chair of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee

Herndon, Virginia —The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) CEO Keith J. Masback was reappointed to a second three-year term as a member of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee ( NGAC). He was also reappointed as NGAC’s...

Friday, January 13th, 2017

Hexagon Announces the Appointment of New Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliances and New President of PPM

NACKA STRAND, Sweden — Hexagon AB, a leading global provider of information technologies that drive productivity and quality across geospatial and industrial enterprise applications, today announced the following organisational changes: Gerhard Sallinger has been appointed new Senior...

Friday, January 13th, 2017

Mouser and Imahara Showcase Real-World Case for Project First Responders: The Disaster Response Drone Network

DALLAS & FORT WORTH, Texas -- Mouser Electronics Inc., along with Easy Aerial Inc. and celebrity engineer Grant Imahara, today launched the final episode of the unique project from the latest series in the Empowering Innovation Together™...

Friday, January 13th, 2017

Oracle Spatial Summit 2017 – Innovations in Geospatial Databases, Big Data, Cloud and Analytics, Jan. 31-Feb. 2, San Francisco

The Oracle Spatial and Graph SIG user group is partnering with Oracle’s Business Intelligence, Warehousing, and Analytics (BIWA) SIG on the Oracle Spatial + BIWA Summit: THE Big Data + Analytics + Spatial + Cloud + IoT...

Thursday, January 12th, 2017

Airbus Launches “Enter the SpaceDataHighway” Challenge

12 January 2017 - Transmitting large volumes of data in near real time through space at a rate of 1.8 gigabytes per second based on laser technology since November 23rd, the “SpaceDataHighway” is one of the most...

Thursday, January 12th, 2017

International LiDAR Mapping Forum 2017 Keynotes Announced

January 12, 2017 (Portland, Maine, USA) -  The organizers of International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF), the world’s leading technical conference and expo covering the newest airborne, terrestrial and underwater LiDAR as well as emerging remote-sensing and data...

Thursday, January 12th, 2017

Agribotix Partners with senseFly to Offer Agricultural Clients a Professional-Grade, End-To-End Drone & Data Processing Solution

By combining the eBee SQ, senseFly’s advanced, long-range agricultural drone with Agribotix’s award-winning FarmLens™cloud processing platform, the companies have created an easy-to-use solution that is perfectly optimised for the early identification and troubleshooting of crop issues Agribotix™,...

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

Geospatial Professionals Receive 2016 MAPPS President’s Awards for Service

MAPPS, the national association for private sector geospatial firms, today announced it has recognized twelve individuals for their significant contributions to the association and the geospatial profession for 2016. MAPPS President, Susan Marlow, Stantec, recognized the following...

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

Aeris, MapmyIndia Forge Partnership to Tap Internet of Things Market in India

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Aeris, a pioneer and leader in the Internet of Things (IoT) market, today said it has formed a partnership with MapmyIndia, India’s leader in premium-quality digital maps, global positioning system (GPS) navigation, tracking,...