China recently has successfully launched a remote-sensing satellite to carry out scientific experiments and provide early alerts about natural disasters. The Yaogan XX satellite…

Swift Navigation has developed a GPS module that comes at a fraction of a cost of competing chips with the same accuracy. To do so, it’s raised $2.6 million in funding to get its low-cost GPS modules embedded into a whole bunch of new devices. And while highly accurate GPS chips are already available for up to $10,000, Swift Navigation makes and sells its chips for about $500. http://techcrunch.com/

Headwall has launched a fully integrated remote sensing solution, combining hyperspectral and LiDAR sensors on a small Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV). The UAV is a multi-rotor UAV (four wings with two props per wing).

On 22 August 2014, a Soyuz rocket launched Europe’s fifth and sixth Galileo satellites from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. These new satellites were intended to join four Galileo…

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NovAtel has announced a promotion for existing customers for the company’s recently launched NovAtel CORRECT with TerraStar PPP subscription service. Customers using NovAtel legacy equipment (OEMV generation receivers or earlier) or NovAtel’s current OEM6 technology qualify for the following offers

The Federal Communications Commission, USA plans to issue the largest fine in its history against C.T.S. Technology Co., Limited, a Chinese electronics manufacturer and online retailer, for allegedly marketing 285 models of signal jamming devices to U.S. consumers for more than two years…

The FAA is unlikely to meet its 2015 deadline for integrating UAVs into the National Airspace System, according to a report by the Department of Transportation’s Office.

Supergeo Technologies has announced the investment plan in advanced geographic network applications. The technology collaboration is conducted by Supergeo and the Department of Geography, National Taiwan University, supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan. The academiaindustry project mainly focuses on the production of geographic network analysis module to increase the coverage of GIS applications…