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KBR Gov’t Arm to Support USGS Landsat 7 Satellite Flight Ops
KBR's government services business has secured a potential five-year, $19M contract from the U.S. Geological Survey to support flight operations of an Earth observation satellite built to capture space-based photos of the planet's land surface and collect data for global efforts to reduce hunger.
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USGS Taps Dewberry for Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands Hurricane Impact Identification
Dewberry will help the U.S. Geological Survey identify the impact of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands through the collection of topographic data via light detection and ranging. The company said Wednesday it will gather and process Quality Level 1 lidar data under the USGS Geospatial Product and Services Contract for the 3D Elevation […] More
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Orbital ATK Gets NASA OK to Commence Landsat 9 Development Work
Orbital ATK has received the green light to begin development work on NASA’s land remote sensing satellite designed to gather space-based images and data that can support agriculture, disaster relief and land use mapping research efforts. The company said Thursday the approval came after it completed a critical design review, which showed that the Landsat […] More
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Orbital ATK, NASA Complete Preliminary Design Review on Land Imaging Satellite
Orbital ATK and NASA have conducted a preliminary design review of a land surface mapping satellite the company is building for the space agency and the U.S. Geological Survey. The review occurred at Orbital ATK’s Gilbert, Arizona, facility in July and showed that the Landsat 9 satellite meets system and schedule requirements, the company said Tuesday. NASA awarded […] More
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Hexagon US Federal Secures DOI Geospatial Tech BPA
Hexagon US Federal, an independent subsidiary of Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure‘s U.S. federal business, has received a five-year blanket purchase agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey to provide a range of geospatial products and services to the Interior Department. The contract covers Hexagon software and associated software maintenance, including products that support spatial modeling, point cloud extraction, image classification, photogrammetry and radar […] More
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Pete Briere Joins Continental Mapping as Civil Works Division General Manager
Pete Briere, a 20-year geospatial industry veteran and former general manager at Premier Geospatial, has been appointed general manager of Continental Mapping‘s civil works division. He will be responsible for business development, field acquisition and production functions for the company’s federal survey and mapping services in his new position, Continental Mapping said. “Pete is an excellent addition […] More
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Woolpert to Help USGS Collect Lidar Elevation Data Across Tennessee
Woolpert has started to collect light detection and ranging elevation data across 49 Tennessee counties in support of three lidar projects managed by the U.S. Geological Survey. Two of the three contracts USGS awarded to Woolpert support the agency’s 3D Elevation Program that seeks to establish a national map through data collection with lidar technology, the company said Monday. Woolpert noted the third contract […] More
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NGA, US Geological Survey Solicit Applications from Universities for Geospatial Sciences Program
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Geological Survey have begun to solicit applications from universities and schools that are interested to serve as partners of a geospatial sciences program. NGA formed the Centers of Academic Excellence in Geospatial Sciences program with USGS in an effort to establish partnerships with the U.S. academic community in […] More
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NASA Releases Mercury’s Initial Global Topographic Model from Messenger Mission; Kris Becker Comments
NASA’s Planetary Data System has unveiled Mercury’s initial global digital elevation model produced through the use of at least 100,000 images and data collected by the space agency’s MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging spacecraft. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory said Friday the global DEM details the planet’s lowest and highest elevation and other topographic features. […] More
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USGS Awards Geospatial Product and Services Contract to Woolpert; Jeff Lovin Comments
Woolpert has received a five-year multi-million contract from the U.S. Geological Survey to assist in mapping and surveying work to help USGS fulfill its geospatial data requirements. The agency’s National Geospatial Technical Operations Center will oversee the Geospatial Product and Services Contract 3 as part of USGS’ efforts to collect geospatial data throughout the U.S. and other territories, Woolpert said […] More
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Ball Aerospace to Build 2nd Imaging Instrument for NASA’s Landsat 9
Ball Aerospace & Technologies will manufacture the second Operational Land Imager instrument for NASA‘s Landsat 9 Earth observation satellite under a potential six-year, $19.3 million sole-source letter contract. The company said Thursday it will build Operational Land Imager-2, which works to generate satellite imagery that will support studies on the impact of natural and man-induced activities on Earth’s surface. […] More