Ouster announced the completion of their merger of equals with Velodyne, effective February 10, 2023. The combined company will keep the name Ouster and continue to trade on New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “OUST.”
The merger creates a lidar powerhouse with over 850 customers spanning the automotive, industrial, robotics, and smart infrastructure industries supported …

TEOCO, a provider of analytics, assurance, planning and optimization solutions to over 300 communication service providers (CSPs) worldwide, released a new version of its Mentor Suite.
This latest release, v2022.2, includes enhancements to Mentor’s Server, Client and CogniSense products to expand the breadth of analytics use cases with a particular focus on 5G geo-analytics and optimization …

Reliable Robotics announced a United States Air Force contract to explore the automation of large, multi-engine jets. This study will include a feasibility assessment of full and limited aircraft automation features for cargo operations.
Remotely piloted aircraft will enable the Air Force to increase mission tempo worldwide and leverage a certifiable commercial solution for defense industry …

Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading superapp, has announced GrabMaps has become a data provider for Amazon Location Service, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) location-based service that is designed to help developers easily and securely add maps, points of interest, geocoding, routing, tracking, and geofencing to their applications.  AWS customers, leveraging Amazon Location Service, now have access …

MapmyIndia has announced that it has made a strategic investment in Indrones Solutions Private Limited(Indrones), a leading end-to-end drone solutions startup. Indrones is a drone company and a drone service provider and with this funding the company will scale up operations, expand its thousands of hours of flying experience, be able to deliver more and …

Regulus Cyber – a leading expert in software-based GPS/ GNSS security – is launching the first fully-operational, small-form-factor counter-UAS system using unique GNSS manipulation technology to defeat all UAS threats, including swarms, multi-direction attacks, dark drones, manually-piloted drones and 4G/5G drones.
In a timely development given the use of drones to attack tanks in the current …

South Australian artificial intelligence (AI) company AICRAFT has successfully launched its edge computing module to set a record for Big Data processing on orbit.
The device was launched on Friday 10 February 2023 on board the JANUS-1 satellite of Antaris Space from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre of India under a commercial arrangement with NewSpace India …

Teledyne Geospatial announced the release of the Galaxy Onboard, a workflow-focused solution that enables airborne surveyors to deliver quality-controlled processed data in real time. With Galaxy Onboard, Teledyne Geospatial has lowered the barrier of entry for organizations venturing into airborne mapping with a solution that does not require expertise or months of training.
Galaxy Onboard will also …

Tier Mobility, an e-scooter rental company, has introduced a new parking system to address the issue of e-scooters being left in unsafe or obtrusive locations.
To be launched in London initially, Tier says its advanced system will ensure the scooters are parked only in designated areas.
E-scooter companies utilize GPS technology to locate their machines and determine …

GEODNET announces initial availability of a Real-Time Kinematic (RTK), Centimeter Precision, GNSS Corrections Service for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Systems Integrators. GEODNET is compatible with thousands of fielded GNSS receivers from all major brands, on-vehicle automated steering and spraying kits, as well as the latest drones and robots. The dense network of reference stations …