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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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Wednesday, January 4th, 2017

MOLA-UFO, a Palm-Sized Selfie Drone to Shine at CES 2017

LAS VEGAS —  Nine Eagles, an emerging high technologies company that focuses on aerial vehicles developing and manufacturing, will launch its latest product, a selfie drone named MOLA-UFO, at the upcoming CES 2017 in Las Vegas, US....

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017

South Korea Shuts Website Mapping Women of Childbearing Age

A South Korean government website which drew widespread condemnation for showing the number of women of childbearing age has been closed. Read More at Independent IE

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017

MAPPS Endorses Model State Legislation to Support USGS 3DEP program

Reston, VA – MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the national association of private sector geospatial firms, today announced the release of model legislation for state legislaturesto help coordinate state level partnerships for the collection of enhanced elevation data in support...

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017

Aerial Imaging Market Size to Grow at Over 12.8% CAGR from 2015 to 2022: Global Market Insights Inc.

Global Aerial imaging Market size is estimated to be valued at over USD 2.64 billion by 2022, as per a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. Increasing demand for this technology across various application areas is...

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017

exactEarth to Provide India’s Navy with Satellite AIS

Cambridge, ON – exactEarth Ltd. (TSX: XCT), announces that it has signed a contract with Antrix Corporation Ltd., the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization, to provide Satellite AIS data services to the Indian Navy. The...

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017

HERE and Mobileye to Partner on REM and Open Location Platform Technology to Enable Crowd-Sourced HD Mapping for Automated Driving

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands and JERUSALEM —   HERE and Mobileye, both leaders in providing technologies for intelligent vehicles, today announced plans for a strategic partnership that links their respective autonomous driving technologies into an enhanced industry-leading offering for automakers....

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017

SuperCom Awarded $9 Million Secure Web Land and Geographical Information System Contract by Large South American Country

SuperCom ( SPCB), a global provider of secure solutions for the e-Government, Public Safety, HealthCare, and Finance sectors, today announced that it, together with its local partner, has been awarded by a new large Latin America government...

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017

Cadcorp Ordnance Survey (OS) WMTS for Systems Integrators

In the UK, systems integrators, developers and administrators of web mapping applications are often required to provide a locational context for their business data against a backdrop of Ordnance Survey (OS) map data.  They want to do...

Thursday, December 29th, 2016

China Launches Two High-Resolution Remote Sensing Satellites

China today successfully launched a pair of high-resolution remote sensing satellites to get commercial images. The satellites were launched today from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in Shanxi Province, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Read More at...

Thursday, December 29th, 2016

China Investors Buy Stake in Mapping Firm

FRANKFURT: Chinese mapping firm NavInfo, Internet group Tencent and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC are buying a 10% stake in digital maps company HERE, the latest in a string of Chinese acquisitions in Europe. Read More at...