ASPAARO established
Northrop Grumman Corporation and Airbus Defence and Space, together with seven industrial players, have established ASPAARO, the Atlantic Strategic Partnership for Advanced All-domain Resilient Operations. ASPAARO will bid to undertake the Risk Reduction and Feasibility Studies (RRFS) for the NATO Support and Procurement Agency as part of the Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (AFSC) …
PLI of Rs. 120 crore is provided for Indian manufacturers of drone and drone components
The Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for drones and drone components has been notified on Sept. 30, 2021 to push the production of drones.
The details of this scheme are as follows:
i. An incentive of INR 120 crore (approximately $16 million) has been …
Planet to acquire VanderSat
Planet is set to acquire VanderSat, a leading provider of advanced earth data and analytics. Vandersat’s products help customers better measure and understand water management and crop health in major markets. Planet intends to leverage VanderSat’s technologies and products in further pursuit of bringing to market next-generation solutions that combine the best …
Bell and Esri Canada deliver Integrated Smart City Ecosystem
Bell and Esri will create the Bell Integrated Smart City Ecosystem. This integrated solution will combine Bell’s award-winning 5G network and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions with Esri’s realtime analytics and location intelligence capabilities to help cities of all sizes across Canada become connected communities.
The Bell Integrated …
Introduction
1. Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) is a general term describing any satellite constellation that provides positioning, navigation and timing services on a global and regional basis and whose data are used for a broad range of applications. Current GNSS include the following global and regional constellations: the Global Positioning System (GPS) of the …

It has emerged that satellite retrieved mean pollutant concentration recorded relatively lower concentration during the year 2020 in comparision to 2019 and 2021 indicating the impact of lockdown due to Covid 19 pandemic
Shashi Shekhar
Scientific Officer, Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board, Shimla, India
Abstract
The paper aims to investigate the spatiotemporal pattern of three types of air …

This paper highlights humorous research employing physics and mathematics to analyse and explain intriguing problems encountered in our professional or everyday lives, including examples related to gravity, astronomy and sports.
Volker Janssen
Publications Officer, Association of Public Authority Surveyors (APAS), New South Wales, Australia
This is the fifth in a series of papers celebrating some of the weird …
KCS BV, an Internet of Things company in the Netherlands, has announced that a new milestone was reached in Q3 2021: over 500,000 ‘TraceME’ LoRa and other tracking units sold. KCS is honored by the faith the market continues to place in the company and attributes its success to early innovation and implementing new technologies, …