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Sep 2023 | No Comment

IBM and NASA Open Source Largest Geospatial AI Foundation Model
IBM and open-source AI platform Hugging Face has announced that IBM’s watsonx.ai geospatial foundation model – built from NASA’s satellite data – will be available on Hugging Face. It will be the largest geospatial foundation model and …

Aug 2023 | No Comment

Drone security solutions for civil airports
Aircraft are designed to withstand the impact of a small number of small birds entering the engines or colliding with the fuselage or windows. However, the unauthorized launch of large birds or, even worse, metallic electronic drones near airports can cause serious …

Aug 2023 | No Comment

Terra Office Workflow and ArcGIS Pro integration
Trimble has released Terra Office add-in for Esri ArcGIS Pro. It is a new product in Trimble’s Terra Office suite of desktop solutions for integrating Trimble TerraFlex® field data collection software with GIS systems of record.
With a streamlined user interface, the …

Aug 2023 | No Comment

SHI tests autonomous navigation system on container ship
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has claimed an industry first with the verification of its autonomous navigation technology on a container ship sailing between South Korea and Taiwan.
The company installed its remote autonomous navigation system (SAS) and smart …

Aug 2023 | No Comment

EgSA & Chinese LASAC Collaboration
The CEO of the Egyptian Space Agency(EgSA), Dr Sherif Sedky, has formally entered into a MoU with the Chinese Land Satellite Remote Sensing Application Centre (LASAC). The primary objective of this agreement is to enhance Egypt’s access to remote sensing data, providing valuable …

Aug 2023 | No Comment

Industry invited to bid for low-Earth orbit satnav demo
While GNSS will remain a fundamental backbone, for Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) services to go on improving into the future, a new element will be required. ESA’s LEO-PNT satellites, approved at last year’s Ministerial conference, will test out this concept in practice, …

Aug 2023 | No Comment

Saudi Arabia charts the first-ever coastal tourism map of Red Sea
Tourists traveling to The Red Sea Project can expect better mobility and accessibility options as Saudi authorities are developing the Kingdom’s first geographical navigation map that charts the scope of marine tourism in the coastal area.
The …

Jul 2023 | No Comment

Tracking Xona PULSAR LEO signal generated by Spirent simulator
NovAtel announced a successful test demonstrating of their OEM7 GNSS receivers track Xona Space Systems PULSAR signals generated by a Spirent Communications simulator. This test shows that NovAtel GNSS receivers can track a Spirent simulated L-band signal identical to the PULSAR signal broadcast by Xona’s low Earth …

Jul 2023 | No Comment

Baidu launches $145 mn fund to back Chinese AI startups
Baidu Inc., China has announced that it will set up a venture capital fund of 1 billion yuan ($145 million) to back Chinese startups that are focused on generative AI, startups like the ChatGPT.
Baidu will use the fund to incubate …

Jul 2023 | No Comment

Airwayz Partnership with FlightOps
Airwayz announces a partnership with FlightOps. The integration between both the companies will allow drone operators to automate drone management and will be used for the first time during the second phase of the Israel National Drone Initiative (INDI2). This collaboration marks a significant step …