Enview Explore Web Application Launched

This week  Enview^[1],  a company in the vanguard of the field of scalable processing of 3D geospatial data, announced the launch of Enview Explore™, a web application that leverages AI and cloud computing to automatically process 3D data at great speed and scale. Additionally, Robert Cardillo, former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), has joined the company’s Board of Directors. Following an oversubscribed round of funding^[2] in May, the company continues to experience growth and momentum in the market.

“Mapping the world in 3D opens new possibilities for national security and mission-critical infrastructure, including some of the most important challenges facing our nation today,” said Cardillo. “Enview has completely changed the game when it comes to what’s possible with LiDAR visualization and analysis, making unstructured data accessible and easy to use: in other words, creating coherence out of chaos. With a shared purpose and commitment, I look forward to working with the Enview team toward the future the world demands and our customers deserve.”

“Enview has built the world’s most scalable AI platform for transforming 3D point clouds into insight and action,” said San Gunawardana, Ph.D., co-founder and CEO of Enview. “We are solving...

FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) today announces the details of the inaugural Design-Build-Vertical Flight (DBVF) Student Competition. This electric-powered remote-control vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) competition seeks to encourage interest in unmanned aircraft technology, and small air vehicle design and fabrication. The competition is designed to develop hands-on skills and familiarization with electric VTOL and urban air mobility (UAM) technology at the university student level and prepare the next generation of engineers and leaders to push the limits of this exciting technology into the future.

The inaugural DBVF competition is the successor to the annual VFS Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) Student Competition. The highly successful MAV competitions began in 2013 and expanded over eight years from a 1.1 lb (500 g) gross weight to 3 lb (1.4 kg), with increasingly challenging levels of mission complexity.

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is the platinum sponsor and the host for the first DBVF competition. The flyoff competition will be held at ARL's Robotics Research Collaboration Campus (R2C2) at Graces Quarters in Maryland on April 16–17, 2021.

The general aircraft requirements are restricted to the unmanned aircraft system (UAS) Group 1,...

Dispatch a Drone from Your Phone with New Drone-on-Demand App

Aquiline Drones Debuts Mobile App to Allow Access to Drone Services for All

(Hartford, Conn) – September 25, 2020 –  Drones offer unparalleled views from above, but the cost and complexity of operating drone equipment often outweigh the benefits for many organizations – even for individuals. Now Aquiline Drones (AD), the nation’s fastest-growing drone manufacturing and cloud technology company, is just weeks away from launching the nation’s first true “Drone-on-Demand” (DoD) mobile app.^[1]

“Many individuals, businesses, law enforcement agencies, public works departments, and the military are missing out on the invaluable data collection capabilities of drones because they lack the resources for an in-house drone operation,” explains Barry Alexander, CEO, and founder of Aquiline Drones. “Akin to Uber and Lyft, individuals and businesses can now enjoy the luxury and convenience of ordering both private and commercial drone services right from their fingertips. A modern-day convenience everyone should have!”

The DoD app will be accessible through all mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets. The user may order aerial photography and videography services for most everything; utility inspections (power lines, wind turbines, bridges, tunnels, railroad tracks, etc.) outdoor events, real estate, safety patrol, search and rescue missions, precision...

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that it has been awarded a $950,000,000 ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the maturation, demonstration and proliferation of capability across platforms and domains, leveraging open systems design, modern software and algorithm development in order to enable Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). This contract is part of a multiple award multi-level security effort to provide development and operation of systems as a unified force across all domains (air, land, sea, space, cyber, and electromagnetic spectrum) in an open architecture family of systems that enables capabilities via multiple integrated platforms.

Kratos offers solutions ranging from affordable, high performance tactical jet drone systems to affordable space communication systems, subsystems and Space Domain Awareness (SDA) solutions. Kratos’ extensive portfolio includes high performance target drones such as the BQM-167A and BQM-177A to exercise weapon, radar and other systems; and tactical UAS, such as the XQ-58A Valkyrie for strike/ISR and force multiplication missions. In communications, secure, resilient, interoperable capabilities from Kratos that connect and protect tactical platforms are well established, as are dynamic satellite ground solutions. This includes SDA capabilities enabled by Kratos’ own global RF sensor...

Pleasant Grove, Utah, Sept. 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --   Fortem Technologies^[1], a leader in airspace security and defense for detecting and defeating dangerous drones, will be holding a free webinar on the topic of the challenges for counter UAS and drone defense for audiences across Western Europe, The UK, and Turkey. Fortem’s VP of Solutions, Gary Watson, and guest, Christopher Church, Digital Forensics Specialist for INTERPOL, will discuss current counter UAS strategies and solutions for urban environments. Watson will also share how the Fortem SkyDome® System works to protect infrastructure and public safety, where other systems fail.  

The webinar will take place on Wednesday, September 30th, 2020, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Central European Summer Time (CEST).

“19 years ago on September 11th, the U.S. experienced a terrorist attack on the Twin Towers that changed New York City forever,” said Gary Watson. “Fortem wants to ensure that the world is equipped with security systems that prevent something like this from happening again. In conversation with Christopher Church of INTERPOL, we will discuss the evolving landscape of drone threats, and will offer insights on addressing these challenges in a way that is safe and legal.” 

Key points covered include:...

SPRINGVILLE, Utah, Sept. 25, 2020 — (PRNewswire) —  IMSAR and Primoco UAV have successfully performed integration and preliminary flight testing of the NSP-7 Synthetic Aperture Radar on the Primoco One 150 UAV. Live flight tests in the Czech Republic verified the aircraft performance and confirmed flight endurance of up to 10 hours. With the SAR radar installed on the portside of the fuselage, the payload bay remains unobstructed and allows simultaneous installation and operation of the EO/IR surveillance system. With the multi-sensor capability, the system can be used for border monitoring and maritime patrol, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, wide area mapping, and for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) support, all for a fraction of the operational costs of manned platforms.

The NSP-7 is a low-Size, Weight, Power and Cost (SWaP-C), multi-mode Ku-band radar system. It is packaged in an easy-to-integrate, weatherized pod form factor. The radar performs several modes, including high resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging, magnitude and coherent change detection (MCD/CCD), and ground and maritime moving target indicator (GMTI/MMTI). The system functions day or night, in all weather conditions, and in other low-visibility conditions such as those caused by fog or smoke.

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Bristol, UK, 25 September 2020 – Earth observation company 4 Earth Intelligence (4EI) will show how satellites can be used by global corporations in the battle against climate change. In a conference presentation 4EI will look at how satellite derived earth observation data from space can provide the financial world with objective, consistent, repeatable and reliable evidence allowing them to monitor assets and make smarter environmentally conscious decisions.

“Climate change is increasingly recognised as a critical risk to global corporate firms and evidence has shown that this risk is increasing with the impacts felt around the world and in all aspects of business activities,” commented Richard Flemmings, Chief Technical Officer at 4EI. “As corporate risk expands there is increasing need for evidence to inform objective decision making and this is where satellite earth observation data has an integral role.”

The 4EI presentation, by Richard Flemmings and Steve Keohane, will form part of the ‘Tech for Good’ stream of the Digital Leaders Week Conference which will take place virtually between the 12 and 16 October 2020. The UK’s biggest single gathering of people focussed on digital transformation Digital Leaders Week is designed to promote best practice and showcase innovative products and services. For further...

Bristol, UK, 22 September 2020 - 4 Earth Intelligence (4EI), an international earth observation company, has appointed Mariam Crichton to the role of Managing Director. Mariam joins the 4EI executive team at a time when satellite imagery has an increasingly important role providing evidence to support decisions relating to the protection of the planet, its population and activities. Mariam brings with her nearly twenty years of management experience in digital, media and geoinformation, with a specific focus on scaling up innovative tech companies. Mariam Crichton is currently the only woman of colour to hold a Managing Director position within the UK geospatial sector.

“I am excited to be joining the 4 Earth Intelligence Executive team at a pivotal time as it transitions from start-up to scale-up,” commented Mariam Crichton, Managing Director of 4 Earth Intelligence. “Satellite derived intelligence has a crucial role to play in climate resilience preparedness, corporate responsibility planning and the growing use of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) to meet regulatory and consumer demands for situational awareness, transparency and monitoring. 

“My focus will be on developing a product vision that utilises extensive earth observation experience and expertise so 4EI is best placed to respond to and meet this demand for global governance intelligence, whilst maintaining an inclusive environment with equal opportunity for all,” she continued. ...

SES’s proven low-latency MEO managed services to be part of Microsoft’s new multi-orbit satellite connectivity integrated with Azure, promising optimized cloud application performance for O3b mPOWER customers

LUXEMBOURG — (BUSINESS WIRE) — September 22, 2020 — SES today announced it has joined as the medium Earth orbit (MEO) connectivity partner for Microsoft Azure Orbital, Microsoft’s new managed service^[1] enabling network operators to communicate and control their satellite capacity, process data, and scale their operations directly within Azure. The integration is part of a multi-year agreement^[2] between the two companies that accelerates and expands SES’s use of Azure to significantly advance the digital transformation of the company’s services and operations as part of its cloud-first strategy.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200922005927/en/^[3]

As pioneers in Microsoft’s new cloud ecosystem in space, the two companies will make joint investments in Azure Orbital ground stations that SES will deploy and manage for the MEO and Earth Observation segments. The first MEO and Earth Observation gateways will be located in Phoenix, Arizona, United States and Quincy, Western Australia respectively

In anticipation of O3b mPOWER^[4], SES’s next-generation MEO communications...