L3Harris delivered the experimental Navigation Technology Satellite-3 to the Air Force Research Laboratory for its final phase of integration and testing, keeping the program on track for a late 2023 launch.

AFRL announced the delivery Jan. 26, which brings the lab closer to conducting the first U.S. positioning, navigation and timing experiment in almost a half century.

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On Jan. 12, TOPODRONE used its synchronized lidar, airborne photogrammetry and bathymetric surveying methods to study a floating solar farm in Israel. This was completed upon request from the UAV service provider ERELIS, to help conduct a pilot project of reservoir surveying with a UAV for ETZ HADEKEL in northern Israel.

As the surface of the reservoir in …

Vexcel Imaging has released a new version of its all-in-one photogrammetric software suite UltraMap, with sophisticated and best-in-class water handling features, an enhanced Ortho module performance and a redesigned Ortho reprocessing workflow. UltraMap v6.0 introduces True Pixel Processing (TPP), a proprietary raw data processing approach in the Essentials module and supports professional data production for …

Edinburgh bus passengers will be boarding the world’s first fully sized, self-driving bus from Spring of this year, with plans just announced to add an electric bus on a longer, more complex route as part of the project’s second phase.

CAVForth is an autonomous bus service starting this Spring, initially on a 14-mile route from Edinburgh Park …

Trimble and OneRail, an Orlando-based transportation technology startup focusing on last mile logistics and visibility solutions, announced the integration of Trimble Maps technology as part of OneRail’s delivery platform to enhance last mile logistics.

OneRail’s delivery fulfillment platform is directly connected to an unparalleled real-time network of nearly 10 million drivers, which is supported by its …