U.S. Air Force procures Orolia’s CRPA testing solution
Orolia Defense & Security has been selected by the U.S. Air Force Guided Weapons Evaluation Facility to deliver a BroadSim Wavefront. BroadSim Wavefront is a pillar of innovation among Orolia’s Skydel-powered advanced GNSS simulators. The GWEF provides laboratory testing and simulation tools for developing precision-guided weapon technology, …

Ordnance Survey finds its way with Altitude Angel
Altitude Angel has announced that Ordnance Survey are to incorporate its aeronautical data to its in-house survey planning platform.OS will be incorporating Altitude Angel’s GuardianUTM Cloud platform into its in-house survey planning software which is used to determine whether it is suitable for their Unmanned Aerial System …

Planet launches 44 SuperDove satellites
Planet Labs PBC has announced the successful launch of its 4x Flock, consisting of 44 SuperDove satellites, into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. These 44 satellites will join Planet’s existing fleet of roughly 200 satellites in orbit. It has now launched 127 satellites across eight launches with SpaceX, …

Financial support by govt. of India to promote drones in agriculture
In a major boost to promote precision farming in India, the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has issued guidelines to make drone technology affordable to the stakeholders of this sector. The guidelines of “Sub- Mission on Agricultural Mechanization” (SMAM) have been amended …

Enhancing location accuracy experience for smartphone users in
HERE Technologies has announced that Transsion has selected HERE Network Positioning to improve its location accuracy capabilities in emerging markets such as Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Thailand.
By deploying HERE Network Positioning, Transsion will be able to identify accurate positioning of its devices both indoors …

MC-X Platform and MC-Max machine control solution by Topcon
Topcon Positioning Group has announced its MC-Max machine control solution. Based on its MC-X machine control platform, and backed by Sitelink3D — the company’s real-time, cloud-based data management ecosystem — it is a scalable solution for mixed-fleet heavy equipment environments. It is designed to adapt to owners’ …

Arianespace to launch 8 new Galileo satellites
The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has chosen Arianespace to launch four new Galileo satellites. With this order, EUSPA takes over the role of placing launch services contracts for Galileo from ESA, which acted so far in the name and on behalf of the European …

Entry-level hydrographic survey software
EIVA’s new software variant NaviSuite Kuda Core provides advanced hydrographic survey software capabilities at an entry-level price. It is tailored to support hydrographic surveys with a single USV or small survey vessel using multi-beam echosounder (including backscatter), LiDAR and/or camera www.eiva.com
Collaborative project to advance Geo-data science skills
Fugro has joined …

R750 – New GNSS base station
Trimble has introduced the R750 GNSS Modular Receiver, a connected base station. It can be used to broadcast Real- Time Kinematic (RTK) corrections for a wide range of applications, including seismic surveying, monitoring, civil construction, precision agriculture and more. Access to all available satellite signals provides improved performance and reliability …

Multiclass object detection algorithms for ships, aircraft and vehicles
Orbital Insight has launched multiclass object detection algorithms within its GO platform. It uses advanced computer vision algorithms to identify and differentiate between classes of ships, aircraft and vehicles within satellite imagery. The state-of-the-art multiclass ship detection algorithms will bring immediate benefits to the defense and …