Imagery and Sensing
August 3, 2020
Viasat is rolling out a new Dynamic Video Encoding (DVE) capability that optimizes sensor data for military aircraft on Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The new DVE capability helps aircraft optimize their available bandwidth and video transmissions to and from an aircraft. As military aircraft on ISR missions traverse within a single beam and/or…
July 23, 2020
LeoLabs, a commercial provider of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) mapping and Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services, revealed that its next space radar will be located in Costa Rica. According to a statement from LeoLabs CTO and co-founder Mike Nicolls, this will be the first commercial phased-array radar in the equatorial region. "We welcome LeoLabs to Costa…
July 21, 2020
The U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Air Force Research Lab have awarded geospatial intelligence analytics company BlackSky a contract to monitor COVID-19 mitigation efforts involving U.S. military bases and supply chains, BlackSky announced July 21. BlackSky will use its Spectra artificial intelligence and machine-learning platform to monitor overseas U.S. military bases, ensure the protection…
July 17, 2020
The European Space Agency (ESA) selected Teledyne's e2v business unit to supply infrared detectors and imagery sensor technology for two ESA-funded Copernicus Sentinel satellite missions. Teledyne will supply infrared detectors to the Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging Mission (CHIME), a Thales Alenia Space-led industrial consortium which aims to support new and enhanced services for sustainable agricultural and…