Nearmap and DroneShield join forces
DroneShield Limited has announced an enhanced version of its DroneSentry- C2TMCommand-and-Control software, in partnership with location intelligence firm, Nearmap. It provides an intuitive and feature-rich software platform, providing counter-UAS awareness and reporting capability. It integrates both DroneShield and third-party C-UAS sensors and effectors. Those include multiple AIenabled sensing and tracking …

Advance autonomous vehicle scaled production program
Perrone Robotics, Inc. and Roush Industries has completed the first phase of a successful TONY® – AV, fully autonomous, zero-emissions, electric shuttle integration. The new prototype will be the model for a large-volume production process that will allow Perrone’s TONY AV-Retrofit kit to be easily integrated into existing vehicle …

PAR Government rebrands situational awareness solution
PAR Government, a provider of geospatial and decision support solutions for 57 years, has rebranded its TeamConnect™ cloud-based situational awareness suite as Sit(x)™. The commercial Sit(x) solution is designed for enhanced collaboration among government and civilian public safety organizations. PAR Government Systems Corporation (PGSC) is a wholly owned subsidiary …

First high-orbit GLONASS satellite in 2028
Russia plans to launch the first of the six high-orbit GLONASS satellites into orbit in 2028, according to the head of the GLONASS Application Division in the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Ivan Revnivykh. Such satellites will be able to transmit two navigational signals with code division in the L1 …

Readers may recall that we have published the first part of this paper in April 2022 issue of Coordinates where material and methods were discussed. Here we present the concluding part

MD Abdul Mueed Choudhury

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, 60131 Ancona, Italy

Ernesto Marcheggiani

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Marche Polytechnic …

GMV guarantees PAZ satellite services
GMV has signed a new contract with INTA (Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial) for the corrective maintenance of the main elements of its ground segment. The Spanish Paz satellite, with an estimated useful life of seven years, is a dual-use (civil/military) Earth observation satellite in orbit at an altitude of 514 …

EASA publishes SIB to warn of intermittent GNSS outages near Ukraine conflict areas
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has published a Safety Information Bulletin (SIB) warning of the increased probability of problems with GNSS in the current context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The SIB proposes mitigation actions to be taken by the …

€2.5 million raised by Neuraspace to prevent satellite collisions
Neuraspace, the developer of an advanced AI-powered Space debris monitoring & satellite collision avoidance platform, has announced that it has raised €2.5 million from Armilar Venture Partners. The company will use these funds to accelerate the commercialisation of its platform.
Neuraspace’s proprietary AI technology enables more accurate satellite …

Terra Drone raises $70M funding
Terra Drone Corporation has raised $70 million (8 billion Japanese yen) in Series B funding with investments from Mitsui & Co., Ltd., SBI Investment Co., Ltd., Tokyu Land Corporation, Kyushu Electric Power T&D, and Seika Corporation. The round also saw the funding by Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport …

Assessment of geo-hazards in Nepal
Synspective Inc., under the supervision of the World Bank and National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), Government of Nepal, investigated the land displacement hazards in the upstream part of the Melamchi River, Nepal in response to the destructive flood disaster that occurred in June’21. The results demonstrated that Synthetic …