ESA has signed contracts with several European companies for an overall amount of € 233 million to develop Genesis and a LEO-PNT demonstrator, two new missions within the FutureNAV programme that will keep Europe at the forefront of satellite navigation worldwide.
The contract for Genesis amounts to € 76.6 million. A consortium of 14 entities led …

Aerodyne Group (Aerodyne), a global leader in drone-based enterprise solutions provider headquartered in Malaysia and DroneDash Technologies (DroneDash), a leading air mobility company headquartered in Singapore have signed an agreement to introduce cross-border drone delivery services between Malaysia and Singapore. In aligning with the agreement, Aerodyne and DroneDash will navigate the regulatory framework, securing all …

Inertial Labs and E38 Company have announced a strategic partnership that will see the integration of Inertial Labs’ RESEPI Payload LiDAR technology into E38’s advanced E455 drone platform. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in utilizing unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for professional surveying, mapping, and inspection services.
RESEPI (Remote Sensing Payload Instrument) is a sensor-fusion platform …

YellowScan, a global leader and designer of the next generation of manned and unmanned LiDAR solutions, has announced the release of its new bathymetric system, the YellowScan Navigator, at the world’s most powerful tech event – CES 2024.

We have all witnessed the impact of climate change: drier and warmer seasons, interspersed by heavy rains and flooding …

Synspective announced that StriX-3, its fourth SAR satellite, has successfully reached its target orbit and spread its wings.
StriX-3 was successfully deployed into a Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) at an altitude of 561 km by Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula.
StriX-3 is not a newly developed and …

Researchers at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have developed a method that can accurately measure the amount of carbon stored in bogs.

 The new method by the SMART-NTU team uses satellite data and reduces the need for on-site sampling to derive the three-dimensional shapes of …

INSAT-3DS, the meteorological satellite, has initiated Earth imaging operations. The first set of images by the meteorological payloads (6-channel Imager and 19-channel Sounder) was captured on March 7, 2024. 

The satellite was launched on February 17, 2024. After completing orbit-raising operations, the satellite reached the designated geostationary slot for the In Orbit Testing (IOT) on February …

EGNOS, Europe’s regional satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS), is adding a new service to its repertoire: The EGNOS Safety of Life Assisted Service for Maritime Users (ESMAS). 

DGNSS, short for Differential Global Navigation Satellite System, is an enhancement to GNSS that was developed to correct errors and inaccuracies in the GNSS system and thus allow for more accurate positioning …

Genesys International, a leading Indian digital mapping company, secured a contract worth Rs 155 crore with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to develop a 3D city model and map stack for Mumbai.

This project is a significant development in applying advanced mapping technology to develop a highly accurate Mumbai 3D model, creating a unified mapping platform …

Unifly, a Terra Drone Corporation group company specializing in Unmanned Aerial System Traffic Management (UTM) systems, in collaboration with SkeyDrone, has announced a significant upgrade to the Port of Antwerp-Bruges’ (PoAB) UTM system, DronePortal. This enhancement aims to bolster the efficiency of drone operations within the complex airspace of the Port of Antwerp, while also …