Planet announces the release of the new and improved Planet ArcGIS Add-In & Planet QGIS Plugin V2.0. The new integration products are designed to make it easier for GIS users to discover and apply imagery in their preferred mapping and analysis tools, enriching their applications and projects with more frequent satellite imagery.
The ArcGIS Add-In & QGIS Plugin V1.0 were …

The Remote Sensing Payload Instrument, RESEPI, consists of a dual antenna GNSS-aided Inertial Navigation System (INS), a datalogger, a LiDAR Scanner, an optional camera, and a communications system that allows for real time and post processed generation of point cloud solutions. The RESEPI is now available with the all-new Livox Avia, a compact and lightweight …

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, has announced a multi-year research effort called the Space-based Machine Automated Recognition Technique (SMART) program.

SMART will automate broad-area search of multi-source satellite imagery to detect, monitor and characterize the progression of dynamic processes such as heavy construction or crop growth. By …

Cruise and General Motors on have announced that they have entered a long-term strategic relationship with Microsoft to accelerate the commercialization of self-driving vehicles. The companies will bring together their software and hardware engineering excellence, cloud computing capabilities, manufacturing know-how and partner ecosystem to transform transportation to create a safer, cleaner, and more accessible world …

The Indian Army has signed an approximately $20 million contract for undisclosed quantities of a high-altitude variant of ideaForge’s SWITCH UAV which will be delivered over a period of 1 year. ideaForge has been awarded this contract after it emerged as the only vendor that qualified the operational requirements in an evaluation done in real-world conditions, for …

American Robotics has became the first company approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate automated drones without human operators on-site. The company’s Scout System™ features advanced acoustic Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) technology that enables its drones to maintain a safe distance from other aircraft at all times. By developing a layered, redundant system of safety …

The AX940 and AX940i are the two GNSS smart antennas introduced by Trimble. the antennas designed for a broad range of applications including precision agriculture, milling machines in the construction, forestry harvesting equipment, autonomous vehicles, port automation, and mobile mapping, and several others. 

The AX940i also consists of built-in inertial sensors for tight integration with a …

The European Commission has awarded two contracts for 12 Satellites (6 satellites each), for a total of €1.47 billion, to Thales Alenia Space (Italy) and Airbus Defence & Space (Germany) following an open competition.

With this, the Commission is initiating the launch of the 2nd Generation of Galileo, the European satellite positioning system. The aim is to …

Department 13 has placed its industry-leading advanced drone technology in front of global defence and security sectors after being recognised as a member of the Australian Industry & Defence Network (AIDN).
It marks yet another milestone for the Australian drone technology company since it re-launched earlier this year to service government, private and public sector enterprises.
Department …

Teledyne e2v’s Space Imaging team, a part of the Teledyne Imaging Group, has secured funding from the UK Space Agency’s National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP) that will demonstrate and help support intelligent image processing platforms. The funding is in response to the 2020/2021 NSIP theme for “Earth Observation to Tackle Climate Change” and will be …