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Dec 2017 | No Comment

Autonomous flight of “Smart Drone”
Terra Drone Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese industrial drone service provider, and KDDI Corporation, a Japanese telecommunications operator succeeded in a fully autonomous flight experiment of “Smart Drone” using “3D map” and “Drone Port.” As a result of the experiment, the world’s first long-distance drone flight of about 6.3 km …

Dec 2017 | No Comment

The Union Minister of Civil Aviation Shri P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju and the Minister for State for Civil Aviation Shri Jayant Sinha presented and briefed the media about the draft regulation….

Nov 2017 | No Comment

GNSS signals are very weak when received on the surface of the Earth and that makes them susceptible to a particular set of vulnerabilities – for example, Radio Frequency Interference (RFI), signal spoofing and atmospheric events…

Oct 2017 | No Comment

Drones enter the sky safely through new technology
Two companies from the Netherlands and Belgium joined forces to show that drones can be managed and controlled using a specially developed small transponder combined with Unmanned Traffi c Management software. The new technology was developed by Unifl y supplier of transponders that make the drones visible. …

Aug 2017 | No Comment

China plans space-based, solarpowered telecom drones: Report
A research institute affiliated with China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp is developing the project “Feiyun,” which means “flying cloud,” the Global Times reported, citing another report in the Science and Technology Daily. The network will be based in “near space”, it said, adding the system will be …

Aug 2017 | No Comment

Former ISRO chairman UR Rao dies
Eminent space scientist and former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman Udupi Ramachandra Rao passed away. He was 85.
He was suffering from age related ailments and breathed his last at his residence in the city. Rao is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter, ISRO officials …

Jul 2017 | Comments Off on INTERGEO 2017

26 – 28 September, Berlin, Germany
 
INTERGEO is a meeting point for experts and decision-makers from the worlds of politics, science and industry on an international stage in Germany’s vibrant capital.
 
Use the trade fair and conference to experience and discuss GEO IT’s constantly evolving applications and future trends. Entirely in keeping with its long-standing motto “Knowledge and …

Jun 2017 | No Comment

UAVs/drones can be simply defined as robotics planes. It is also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and remotely piloted aircraft (RPAs) Ivosevic et.al. (2015). Malaysia Department of Civil Aviation (2008)…

May 2017 | No Comment

Air Force says goodbye to 25-yearold GPS satellite
At 25-years old, GPS Vehicle Number 27 completed its time in orbit before the 2nd Space Operations Squadron said goodbye via final command and disposal on April 18. SVN 27 was launched in 1992, meaning it performed more than triple its design life of 7.5 years. Since …

Apr 2017 | No Comment

Information has generally been one of the most precious goods in recent decades. It is possible to buy and sell it, to barter it or just only freely provide it. The value of the information itself is very often based on the fact that it is…