Pleasant Grove, Utah, June 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fortem Technologies^[1], the leader in airspace security and defense for detecting and defeating dangerous drones, and the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA), will host a free webinar on what is required for a C-UAS architecture to successfully defend against current and future threats. Fortem Vice President of Solutions, Gary Watson^[2] will be joined by Wayne Phelps^[3], author of “On Killing Remotely: The Psychology of Killing With Drones” and Fortem Director of Federal Business Development, to discuss how bad actors leverage technological advancements to create their own air force and employ drones for missions that have never before been possible. 

The webinar will take place on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). 

“Small, terrorist-operated, low-flying drones are a major threat to both our militaries and our citizens. As we see an increase in bad actors employing off the shelf drones for malicious acts, we must achieve more widespread awareness for how to effectively defend against these threats,” said Phelps. “The Fortem team is pleased to partner with IDGA to share insights...

- New Service Provides Automakers with Fully-Crowdsourced, Automated, and Fresh Maps for Most Autonomous Driving Scenarios, Including Highways and Urban Roads -

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 3, 2021 — (PRNewswire) — DeepMap, Inc., a global leader in autonomous driving technology, today announced DeepMap RoadMemory™, a crowdsourced mapping service.

Adding value to society with Urban Air Mobility

The leading international platform for Urban Air Mobility, Amsterdam Drone Week, will this year for the first time in its existence take place not in December, but in January 2022. The organization has decided - in close consultation with its partners the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Commercial UAV Expo - to delay the event until early 2022 due to the impact of COVID-19 on travel and the event industry. This date will offer partners, speakers, visitors and delegates more certainty that they will actually be able to travel to Amsterdam and thus bring the worldwide UAM Community together.

“Although the fully online organized ADW 2020 was a great success given the circumstances, we prefer to see the fast-growing industry around drones and unmanned aircraft back in Amsterdam in person,” said Paul Riemens, CEO RAI Amsterdam. “Bringing people together is part of the DNA of RAI Amsterdam. In order to facilitate this in the best and safest way, we will make a one-off shift to January.”

“Innovative Air Mobility is an area of intense activity for EASA. We are steadily putting all the rules in place for these operations and working on certification for these entirely new types of aircraft,” said EASA Executive Director...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Devin Lavigne, a nationally recognized urban planning professional with over 20 years of experience in the fields of urban planning, geodesign and geographic information systems (GIS), has joined Penn State’s faculty to teach an online graduate geodesign studio that focuses on solving problems at an urban scale. The course is offered through Penn State World Campus and is available to students pursuing the master of professional studies degree^[1].

Lavigne is a co-founder of Houseal Lavigne Associates, a planning and design firm based in Chicago. The firm specializes in community planning, urban design and economic development, and uses creativity and collaboration to deliver quality solutions.

The award-winning firm allowed Lavigne to direct over 150 planning projects nationwide, and the firm earned recognition from the American Planning Association with the National Excellence Award. The projects have received several awards in categories of education, innovation, comprehensive planning, strategic planning and implementation.

In addition to the multitude of awards earned by Houseal Lavigne, Lavigne was named to the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) College of Fellows for his innovation in urban planning. The AICP Fellow is one of the highest honors in the planning and design profession. Lavigne was recognized with this honor due to his leadership...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., May 31, 2021 — (PRNewswire) — ProStar Holdings Inc ("ProStar^®" or the "Company") (TSXV:MAPS^[1]) (FSE: 5D00), a world leader in Precision Mapping Solutions^®, and developer of PointMan^®, announced today that Kraemer^®North America, a top-ranked U.S. national heavy civil contractor with operations throughout the U.S., has signed a service-level agreement (SLA) for ProStar's newest cloud and mobile Precision Mapping Solution, PointMan Pro.