A joint venture of Woolpert and Magnolia River Geospatial named WMR-532 has been awarded a $10 million contract to provide coastal mapping and charting support for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Naval Oceanographic Office. Woolpert said Tuesday the contract requires the joint venture to deliver bathymetric and topographic lidar and imagery data to the Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center […] More

Jeff Lovin, a nearly 30-year veteran of Woolpert and currently senior vice president and director of the company’s government solutions business, has joined the board of directors of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. He will serve a three-year term in the association that works to promote and supports the interests of the unmanned systems and robotics […] More

Michigan Tech Research Institute has contracted Woolpert to capture images of Midwest roads through unmanned aerial systems to support a road analysis project sponsored by the state transportation department’s office of the assistant secretary for research and technology. Woolpert said Tuesday the “Characterization of Unpaved Road Conditions Through the Use of Remote Sensing” project seeks to detect road material damage with UAS-collected […] More

Woolpert has received a five-year multi-million contract from the U.S. Geological Survey to assist in mapping and surveying work to help USGS fulfill its geospatial data requirements. The agency’s National Geospatial Technical Operations Center will oversee the Geospatial Product and Services Contract 3 as part of USGS’ efforts to collect geospatial data throughout the U.S. and other territories, Woolpert said […] More

The Woolpert–KZF joint venture has been selected to support Jacobs Engineering in the design of the $150 million CV-22 Osprey campus in Japan under task orders worth $6.95 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Japan district of USACE intends for the complex at Yokota Air Base in Fussa, Japan, to support the beddown of […] More

Woolpert has purchased three light detection and ranging systems from Hexagon subsidiary Leica Geosystems in an effort to expand its airborne data acquisition services. Jeff Lovin, senior vice president and director of government solutions at Woolpert, said in a statement released Tuesday the company will use the LIDAR-based Leica ALS80 aerial laser scanners to support the U.S. […] More

Woolpert has been awarded a contract to assess the capability of light detection and ranging sensor platforms to support the U.S. Geological Survey’s 3D Elevation Program. The lidar sensor technology has “the ability to fly at higher altitudes while acquiring data at an increased point density,” John Gerhard, project director at Woolpert, said Thursday. The […] More

Joseph Seppi, national security practice director at Woolpert, will serve a two-year term as a member of the board of directors at MAPPS, the national association of geographic information systems, surveying and spatial data providers. “Joe Seppi will bring extensive market and management experience, and an important perspective, to the MAPPS Board,” John Palatiello, executive […] More

Woolpert has expanded its partnership with Altavian, the Ohio/Indiana Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center and Test Complex and Sinclair College’s National UAS Training and Certification Center to facilitate the development of UAS for commercial operations in Ohio. Under the agreement, the four organizations will work to advance the use of UAS in agriculture, resource management, airborne […] More

Shane Imwalle, a Woolpert senior vice president, has seen growth in federal services demand due to a sequestration-related backlog of government projects, he told the Dayton Business Journal in an interview published Wednesday. He told reporter Tristan Navera that Woolpert has helped customers manage projects with the company’s asset management, engineering, automated permitting and geographic […] More

Shane Imwalle, a senior vice president at Woolpert, sees further opportunities for the company in unmanned aircraft systems after the Federal Aviation Administration certified Woolpert to fly drones on surveying missions in Ohio, the Dayton Business Journal reported Thursday. Imwalle told the newspaper the company plans to add UAS piloting and data analysis jobs as Woolpert seeks to leverage its […] More

Woolpert has won a potential 10-year contract to provide geospatial surveying and three-dimensional modeling services to the Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Atlanta’s public transit agency wants the company to produce 3D models of the agency’s existing facilities, topography, utilities and 48-mile rail line, Woolpert said Sept. 15. The company says it will leverage a […] More