Andrei Claudiu Cosma Highlights Essential Role of Lidar Simulations in Development and Validation of ADAS and AVs

SAN JOSE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — April 7, 2021 — Simulations have an important role in developing and testing advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicle (AV) capabilities. Andrei Claudiu Cosma, PhD, Autonomous Solutions Manager at Velodyne Lidar, Inc.^[1] (Nasdaq: VLDR, VLDRW), will discuss how developers can use lidar simulation to replicate real-world driving scenarios to validate the safety and reliability of ADAS and AV solutions during NVIDIA’s annual GPU Technology Conference^[2], GTC 2021.

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Real-time visual augmentation of airborne imagery with roads, key landmarks, and other mission-critical data

GAITHERSBURG, Md. and HOOD RIVER, Ore., April 7, 2021 — (PRNewswire) —Edgybees^[1], a leading provider of real-time geo-registration and visual augmentation software foraerial video^[2], and HoodTech, a premier provider of air-borne imaging and related services, today announced they are collaborating to enhance situational awareness, using the powerful combination of Edgybees' breakthrough software and HoodTech's state-of-the-art sensors. 

SAN DIEGO, April 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that the Air Force Research Laboratory, in partnership with Kratos Unmanned Systems Division and Area-I, successfully completed the XQ-58A Valkyrie’s sixth test/demonstration flight and first release from its internal weapons bay on Friday, March 26, 2021, at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/b066c8aa-614e-4484-9620-f2543f510d80^[1]

Steve Fendley, President of Kratos Unmanned Systems Division, said, “Successful operation of the internal weapons release system/function along with further aerodynamic envelope increases continues to assert the incredible capability and cost-per-performance value of the low-cost attritable XQ-58A Valkyrie. Additionally, this unique and key mission function success adds an exclamation point to the 30-month development of the Valkyrie system by the Kratos and AFRL team, which resulted in a pre-production system with substantial operational capability, not simply a proof-of-concept flight demonstrator.”

This test demonstrated the ability to launch a small, unmanned aircraft system (SUAS) from the internal weapons bay of the XQ-58A. Kratos, Area-I and AFRL designed and fabricated the SUAS carriage and developed software to enable release. After successful release of the ALTIUS-600 SUAS, the XQ-58A completed additional...

USGIF welcomes Amazon Web Services to its growing list of organizational members.   

Herndon, Virginia (April 5, 2021)—The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is pleased to welcome Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its newest Strategic Strategic-Level Member.  AWS is the latest company to join the growing list of USGIF organizational members and is its 27^th Strategic-Level Member.

AWS is a leading cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Many enterprise and government customers use AWS Cloud to transform their organizations and businesses. AWS offers the most comprehensive and broadly adopted platform of services and features, which allow their customers to be more agile while reducing computing costs. Geospatial customers benefit from the ease, speed, and cost-effectiveness of their services, which frees them from having to purchase, maintain, and operate their own servers and data centers.

USGIF organizational membership enables organizations to play an integral role in the advancement of the geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) tradecraft through professional development and unparalleled interaction with community leaders, decision-makers, as well as the GEOINTers of today and tomorrow. USGIF Strategic-Level membership is the highest and most inclusive level of organizational membership. Benefits include complimentary GEOINT Symposium registrations, exclusive access to USGIF events, and the ability to participate in forums exclusive to USGIF Strategic-Level Members.

“Having...

BELLEVUE, Wash., April 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EagleView^[1], a leading geospatial technology provider of software, aerial imagery and analytics, today announced the appointment of Tad Finer as Chief Revenue Officer. At EagleView, Finer will report to CEO Chris Jurasek, and will lead the organization’s entire revenue generation organization.

"I am thrilled to welcome Tad and his vast wealth of experience transforming the sales processes of technology leaders on board at EagleView,” said Jurasek, CEO of EagleView. “As EagleView enters its next phase of growth, Tad’s industry knowledge and business acumen will serve the company well.”

Tad joins EagleView from Workiva (NYSE: WK), where he was Senior Vice President of Global Sales. Previously, he was the General Manager of Workiva’s Integrated Risk division, as well as the Vice President of Global Partnerships and Alliances. Throughout his 20-year career in technology, Tad has served in a variety of sales leadership roles at IBM, Software AG and HyperGrid (now CloudSphere). Tad holds a BA from the University of Idaho and an MBA from George Washington University.

“As a leader in geospatial technology, EagleView has an incredible opportunity to drive innovation for our existing customer base and in additional industries,” said Finer, CRO of EagleView. “I am excited to join the organization and develop new ways...

The Newly Appointed Board Members Will Support Innoviz in Deploying its Automotive-Grade LiDAR Product Line Globally and Accelerating Safe and Ubiquitous Autonomous Vehicle Adoption....

TEL AVIV, Israel, April 6, 2021 — (PRNewswire) — Innoviz Technologies Ltd.^[4](Nasdaq:INVZ^[5]), a technology leader of high-performance, solid-state LiDAR sensors and perception software, announced today that it has appointed Amichai Steimberg, Aharon Aharon, Dan Falk, Ronit Maor, Orit Stav and James Sheridan to its board of directors effective today. They join

Accelerated Analytics Provider will Conduct Three Seminars Plus One-On-One Meetings With Company Experts; Free, Full-Featured Version of OmniSci Now Also Available

SAN FRANCISCO, April 6, 2021 — (PRNewswire) —OmniSci^[1], the pioneer in accelerated analytics, today announced its Platinum Sponsorship ofGTC 2021^[2], the premier AI conference. Leading OmniSci's presence at this free virtual event, April 12-16, 2021, will be seminars by OmniSci VP of Product, Venkat Krishnamurthy, Spatial Data Science Practice Lead, Dr. Mike Flaxman, Data Scientist, Abhishek Damera, and Director of Federal Solutions, Adam Edelman, as they discuss new ways to enhance data science and geospatial insight through the power of GPU-based accelerated analytics.