Commissioned by the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), Fugro is undertaking an elevation‑mapping project to support flood‑risk and infrastructure planning across south central Texas.   Fugro is mapping the Guadalupe, San Antonio, Lower Colorado, and Lavaca river basins to support flood‑risk and infrastructure planning across south central Texas. The work spans the Guadalupe, San Antonio, Lower Colorado, and Lavaca river basins, covering approximately 41,381 square kilometr

The winners of the Pivot into Space Programme, the Scotland-wide initiative designed to help companies prepare for selling into the growing space supply chain by adapting and scaling their technologies, have been announced.   The winners: (L-R) Dr. Giulia Marcucci (LumiAIres), Matteo Cese (CEXAL), Kevin Duthie (Thistle Design), Peter Young (Space Scotland), Gordon Stewart (Thistle Design), Dr. Roy McBride (PowerPhotonic), Dr. Antonia Pavlidou (LumiAIres), Dr. Praveenkumar Kav

A new professional designation for civil engineering surveyors has been launched by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES). RICS and CICES have come together to offer a Chartered Civil Engineering Surveyor designation. Members and Fellows of both institutions who meet the eligibility criteria may use the Chartered Civil Engineering Surveyor designation. The designation applies to professionals g

Leica MultiMapper is a new compact hybrid airborne system from Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon. Combining imaging and LiDAR in one easy-to-deploy solution, it is designed to fit all helicopter sizes and light fixed-wing aircraft.   The company claims that the system delivers efficient, high-performance data capture across multiple mapping applications. Weighing less than 25 kilogrammes, the MultiMapper is easy to handle, transport, and install. It enables pilot-only operati

Echodyne, the radar platform company, has announced a major expansion in its advanced radar production capacity.   The $40M investment in a new 86,350-square-foot facility in Washington State, USA, will provide Echodyne with enough manufacturing and warehouse space to produce and ship more than 30,000 radars per year. The company’s modular manufacturing approach allows production capacity to flex to match varying demand across product lines as well as seamlessly introducing n