DeLorme Mapping and AAA recently created the AAA Map’n’Go software that has a data base of more than 57,000 accommodations, restaurants, campgrounds and points of interest. With the Internet, users...
The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), awarded a contract to Germantown, Md.-based Lovingfoss & Associates for monitoring and maintenance...
The Washington State Department of Transportation and ITS America are sponsoring the National Rural Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference in Spokane, Wash. For details, call 206/543-3332 or e-mail blegg@u.washington.edu.
Interstate Electronics Corp. (IEC) recently named C. Stephen Jungers as vice president of business development. Jungers, who will market the company’s defense and commercial GPS products, previously was Lockheed Sanders’...
ICO Global Communications Ltd. appointed the WPP Group, the London-based international marketing communications conglomerate, to head up its worldwide public relations effort. WPP Group and its subsidiaries also will assist...
The first of five Inmarsat 3 satellites entered commercial service on schedule Saturday, May 11. The satellite–eight times more powerful than its predecessor–will serve the Indian Ocean Region from the...
TRW Inc. followed up months of threats regarding infringement of its Odyssey system design patents by filing a lawsuit against ICO Global Communications Ltd. in federal court in California last...
The Gorca Group announced it acquired a majority stake in The Fountain Group, a Washington, D.C.-based consulting and engineering services company. The company (renamed Fountain Integrated Systems Inc.), will serve...
American Mobile Satellite Corp. said it lost $29.9 million for the first quarter, compared with a first quarter 1995 loss of $6.3 million. Service revenue growth for the first quarter...
Qualcomm Inc. signed a value-added reseller agreement with Ragsdell Group Inc. to incorporate Ragsdell’s geographical database with its OmniTracs fleet management system. Ragsdell’s database, dubbed GeoMaster, enhances OmniTracs’ vehicle location...