United States Senators Orrin Hatch, R-UT, and John Warner, D-VA, have introduced the bipartisan Geospatial Data Act in the U.S. Congress.
In 1994, Executive Order 12906 was issued by President Clinton to direct the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). Many of the requirements of EO 12906 were never ... Weiterlesen
Dr. Ingo Baumann
The military has been struggling with cataloging and retrieving its huge libraries of full motion video (FMV) for more than ten years. The video, captured by both manned and unmanned aircraft, rapidly reached unmanageable levels.
Without some way to catalog the video, critical details can be lost, because finding the right ... Weiterlesen
10 avril 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann
The Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2015 was held on March 24 – 26 at the Residenz München. Organized by the Institute of Space Technology and Space Applications (ISTA) at Munich University, this yearly summit brings together the key players in satellite navigation to discuss future prospects for cooperation in space ... Weiterlesen
1 avril 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann
Galileo, the EU's satellite navigation programme, placed two more satellites into orbit. The lift-off took place on 27 March at 22.46 CET from the European spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana. ESA received signals proving that they were positioned as expected.
Elżbieta Bieńkowska, European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and ... Weiterlesen
31 mars 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann
The ITU Symposium and Workshop on Small Satellite Regulation took place in Prague from March 2-4. BHO Legal contributed with a presentation “Ensuring regulatory compliance for small satellites through procurement and grant conditions”(please see presentation here). As a result of the Symposium, the ITU issued the “Prague Declaration on Small Satellite ... Weiterlesen
17 mars 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann
Last week, on 5-6 March 2015, the „Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems: Framing the future of Aviation” conference took place in Riga, Latvia. The EC Communication on opening the Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) market was decisive for process and contents of the event.
The Ministry of Transport and the Civil Aviation ... Weiterlesen
9 mars 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann
DigitalGlobe is now a step ahead of his challengers when it comes to aerial imagery business. On 22 February 2015, the U.S. Government authorized the commercial sale of 30-centimeter-resolution imagery, setting the conditions for a new technology (WorldView-3) that none of DigitalGlobe’s competitors have. With the introduction of WorldView-3, Digital ... Weiterlesen
2 mars 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann
In the Federal Register of 23 February 2015, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued proposed rules on the “Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems”. Earlier UAS exemptions issued by the FAA related to, e.g., aerial mapping or tv productions, and were subject to more than 30 conditions ... Weiterlesen
25 février 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann
On 15 February 2015, the U.S. White House has released a Presidential Memorandum “Promoting Competitiveness While Safeguarding Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties in Domestic Use of Unmanned Aircraft”. The Memorandum realizes the rapid development and great potentials of UAS operations and includes orders for Federal Government use that take ... Weiterlesen
17 février 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann
Today, the Council of the European Space Agency announced that Jan Woerner will succeed Jean-Jacques Dordain as the next Director General of ESA. He has been appointed for a period of four years starting on 1 July 2015.
Mr Woerner is currently Chairman of the Executive Board of DLR, the ... Weiterlesen
18 décembre 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann