Wednesday, October 11th, 2017
PORTLAND, MAINE - The organizers of Commercial UAV Expo, taking place October 24-26, 2017 at the Westgate Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, announced updates to its keynote roster, with industry professionals from DroneDeploy, Brasfield & Gorrie,...
Wednesday, October 11th, 2017
DENVER – Ushering in a new era of advanced Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, the U.S. Air Force declared the first Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-built GPS III satellite “Available for Launch.” The Air Force’s “AFL” declaration...
Wednesday, October 11th, 2017
Belgium: Recognizing the world’s most innovative geospatial technology, this year Luciad launched its Geospatial Excellence Awards. These prestigious plaudits both acknowledge and celebrate the most ground-breaking applications of geospatial technology. Belgium, Leuven – Over 300 geospatial professionals, developers and...
Wednesday, October 11th, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO - Mapbox, the mapping and location platform for developers, today announced a $164 million Series C funding round led by the SoftBank Vision Fund, with participation from existing investors including Foundry Group, DFJ Growth, DBL Partners,...
Wednesday, October 11th, 2017
WILSONVILLE, Ore. - FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:FLIR) has been awarded a $6.8 Million firm-fixed-price order to deliver Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance Systems (PRS) in support of the Australian Army. The units delivered under this contract will support...
Wednesday, October 11th, 2017
RENO, Nev.- Flirtey, the leading drone delivery service, and REMSA, a community-integrated emergency medical services provider, today announced a partnership to launch the first automated external defibrillator (AED) drone delivery service in the United States. Cardiac arrest...
Wednesday, October 11th, 2017
GAITHERSBURG, Md.- UltiSat, Inc., a leading provider of end-to-end managed satellite communications networks and high-touch professional services, announced that it was recently awarded a COMSATCOM Transponded Capacity (CTC) task order by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)...
Tuesday, October 10th, 2017
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), has entered into an agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and ground test an innovative propulsion system under...
Tuesday, October 10th, 2017
Heerbrugg, Switzerland – Leica Geosystems, industry leader in measurement technology, was recently awarded the first-place prize in the Wichmann Innovations Award programme held during the INTERGEO conference and trade fair in Berlin, Germany. The Wichmann Innovations Award...
Tuesday, October 10th, 2017
At INTERGEO 2017 in Berlin, rapidlasso GmbH – the makers of the popular LiDAR processing software LAStools – were awarded top honors in both of the categories they had been nominated for: most innovative software and most innovative...