Remember the talking car? You would have to be of a certain age to do so. And I’m not talking about Knight Rider, the TV show about the robot car that was smarter than the guy driving it. I’m talking about real automobiles that talked to you. It was the bright idea of automakers back…

Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development (TRI-AD), Toyota's automated driving software development company, Maxar Technologies, and NTT DATA will collaborate on a proof of concept to build automated High-Definition (HD) maps for autonomous vehicles using high-resolution satellite imagery. This aims to advance TRI-AD's open software platform concept known as Automated Mapping Platform (AMP), and help realize the scalability of…

Aptiv was recognized by Automotive News as a 2019 Innovation Partnership Award winner for its work with Audi on the Aptiv Automated Driving Satellite Compute Platform. The Automotive News PACE panel of judges recognized the Aptiv-Audi team working on the Automated Driving Satellite Compute Platform for their "special levels" of supplier and Original Equipment Manufacturer…

Blue Sky Network (BSN) — a provider of satellite tracking, data, and communication solutions— acquired Applied Satellite Engineering (ASE), a designer and manufacturer of advanced satellite communication equipment. "Our combined offerings will now give our customers even more options with solutions for maritime, land, machine-to-machine (M2M), push-to-talk, and anti-piracy applications," said BSN President Gregoire Demory. "We are thrilled…