The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) in India has authorized an outlay of ₹3.25 crore to the Union Territory of Puducherry for establishing a GPS Monitoring Center in accordance with its guidelines. The fund will be used for setting up the infrastructure, development, customization, deployment, and management of State-wise Vehicle Tracking Platform …

DroneSense, the leading developer of operational and management platforms for unmanned aircraft systems, has released its new Magic Video Link feature, which provides easy sharing of critical real-time information with all who need it.

The unique Magic Video Link technology allows drone operators and managers to provide information sharing to users who do not have DroneSense accounts. That means …

Bharti backed OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, is launching 36 more satellites by Arianespace from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. This latest launch, and the 9th since December 2020, will bring OneWeb’s in-orbit constellation to 394 satellites. This will represent 60 percent of OneWeb’s planned 648 LEO satellite fleet that will deliver high-speed, low-latency global …

TomTom ( TOM2), the geolocation technology specialist, has unveiled TomTom IndiGO, the world’s first open digital cockpit software platform for carmakers. TomTom IndiGO brings users’ digital lives and access to car functions seamlessly and safely into the in-dash experience.
The platform expertly unifies all passenger and driver displays through a common user interface that gives access to climate control, …

Spaceport SARABHAI (S2) is India’s 1st dedicated Space think tank that aspires to be global, collaborative, and inclusive. Though S2 was launched on 2 October 2021 at the Bangalore International Center, a formal launch announcement was made today in a webinar.
The think tank is based in Bangalore, with satellite presence in New Delhi, Berlin, Sendai, and …

TerraPulse has announced the company has been selected by the countries of Belize, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic to map forest cover as part of a sweeping forest activity study funded by The World Bank.

Through the program, terraPulse will apply scientifically peer-reviewed AI to nearly forty years of satellite imagery to support the countries’ monitoring of forest assets. …

Orolia has created the Orolia Academic Partnership Program (OAPP) to build a community to help foster global PNT research and collaboration at top engineering schools and research institutions. Orolia will provide qualified institutions with access to the company’s signature Skydel Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Simulation Engine, the industry’s most advanced GNSS and PNT testing and simulation tool.
Supporting its …

Berlin-based location intelligence startup Targomo is in the midst an international expansion of its location analytics platform. Users now have access to information on locations in a total of 24 countries, seven of them outside Europe, and including the US.
Last year, Targomo relaunched a retail-optimized version of its TargomoLOOP platform with data for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. “From the …

A German – Finnish collaboration between MOOVE GmbH and Sensible 4 Oy has been announced, and the vehicle was launched at the world’s leading startup event Slush in Helsinki. Together the companies are aiming to bring a new self-driving serial-produced shuttle bus to the European market in 2023.
In the new collaboration, Finnish self-driving technology company Sensible 4 will automate …

Orbital Reef, led by partners Blue Origin and Sierra Space, was selected by NASA for a funded Space Act Agreement for collaboration to design a commercially owned and operated space station in low Earth orbit (LEO). NASA’s Commercial LEO Development program aims to shift NASA’s research and exploration activities in LEO to commercial space stations, helping stimulate a growing space …