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GeoEye RoadTracker™ Now Available
for Overwatch Geospatial Systems Feature Analyst®
Enhanced and Automatic Feature Capabilities
Reduce Analysis Time and Related Costs
STERLING, VA — May 02, 2008 — Overwatch Geospatial Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced the integration of RoadTracker™ with its award-winning feature-extraction program, Feature Analyst®. RoadTracker extends the ease-of-use and time-saving advantages of Feature Analyst by adding new capabilities for the many government and industry users of Overwatch Geospatial Systems’ suite of tools.
RoadTracker accelerates the collection of roads and other linear features from satellite or aerial imagery by allowing users to click on two ends of a linear feature, such as a road, prompting the software to automatically trace the centerline of the feature between the two endpoints, curves and all. This new tool also includes automatic feature attribution, and other smart editing capabilities that greatly improve speed, accuracy and workflow when collecting map-quality linear features. This application is functional on any road surface type using either panchromatic or multi-spectral imagery.
“RoadTracker provides a solution to image analysts’ pressing feature-extraction needs. We have worked closely with GeoEye to integrate their technology with ours, and have created a powerful solution for Feature Analyst users,” stated David Opitz, president of Overwatch Geospatial Systems’ VLS Operations. “RoadTracker is now available on all base packages where Feature Analyst 4.2 resides, including Remote View™, ELT™, ArcGIS® and ERDAS IMAGINE®.”
GeoEye’s director of Geospatial Analysis and Photogrammetric Engineering, Jacek F. Grodecki, added, “We developed RoadTracker for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and its subcontractors, who produce road network layers using manual methods. By re-architecting RoadTracker as a componentized plug-in tool and partnering with Overwatch Geospatial Systems we are eliminating this time-consuming and tedious task.”
For more information on Feature Analyst and RoadTracker, or to try a free demo, visit www.featureanalyst.com. RoadTracker is a trademarked product of GeoEye.
About GeoEye
GeoEye (NASDAQ: GEOY) is the premier provider of geospatial (or location-based) information, imagery and solutions for the national security community, strategic partners, resellers and commercial customers to help them better map, measure and monitor the world. GeoEye operates a constellation of Earth imaging satellites, mapping aircraft and has an international network of ground stations, a robust imagery archive, and advanced imagery processing capabilities that develop innovative location-based information products and solutions. GeoEye will launch its newest satellite, GeoEye-1, in the coming months from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. GeoEye-1 will be the world's highest resolution and most accurate commercial imaging satellite. GeoEye provides support to academic institutions and non-governmental organizations through the GeoEye Foundation. Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, GeoEye maintains a comprehensive Quality Management System (QMS), and has achieved company-wide ISO accreditation. For more information, visit www.geoeye.com.
About Overwatch Geospatial Systems
Overwatch Geospatial Systems is the preferred geospatial and imagery software solution provider to the US Intelligence Community and Unified Commands. Used by thousands of government geospatial and imagery analysts, Overwatch Geospatial produces RemoteView, ELT/Series, Feature Analyst, LIDAR Analyst, Urban Analyst, InterSCOPE and ASIS Zoom 500. Overwatch Geospatial Systems is an operating unit of Textron Systems.
About Textron Systems
Textron Systems Corporation (Textron Systems) has been providing innovative solutions to the defense, homeland security and aerospace communities for over 50 years. Known for its precision smart weapons, intelligent battlefield systems, surveillance systems, intelligence software solutions, aircraft control components, piston engines, armored vehicles and unmanned aircraft systems, Textron Systems includes AAI, HR Textron, Lycoming Engines, Overwatch Tactical Operations, Overwatch Geospatial Operations, Textron Defense Systems, and Textron Marine & Land Systems. Textron Systems Corporation is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Textron Inc. More information is available at www.textronsystems.com.
About Textron Inc.
Textron Inc. is a $13.2 billion multi-industry company operating in 34 countries with approximately 44,000 employees. The company leverages its global network of aircraft, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft Company, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Greenlee, Textron Systems and Textron Financial Corporation. More information is available at www.textron.com.
MORRISTOWN, N.J., USA, 24 June 2006 – Overwatch Systems today announced that it has acquired All-Source Imaging Systems, Inc. (ASIS) of Northhampton, MA. The purchase became effective on June 24, 2006.
Founded in 1998, ASIS is the leading manufacturer of cost-effective and easy-to-use solutions that allow image analysts to fully integrate film-based imagery archives into today’s softcopy production environment using an automated process. The ASIS-developed Zoom 500 Digital series of products can quickly transform a traditional light table stereoscope into a full multi-source digital image exploitation system. The ASIS ZoomDigital™ and FilmDeskPro™ software products can complete the transformation of a stereoscope into a completely self-contained multi-source image analyst workstation, fully capable of exploiting maps, digital imagery and GIS data. ASIS software products and integration services provide full-featured, PC-based, multi-source imagery production systems that can pull from a variety of hard and softcopy sources in order to create and disseminate intelligence products.
ASIS is a strategic extension of the current Overwatch Systems product offerings. Overwatch Systems consists of the combined resources of six companies – Austin Info Systems, Sensor Systems, ITSpatial, Paragon Imaging, Visual Learning Systems and Federal IT – to provide a suite of integrated geospatial and intelligence fusion software tools for the defense/intelligence community. This toolset, known as the Overwatch Intelligence Center (OIC), focuses on providing situational awareness by enabling analysts to generate relevant, actionable intelligence faster and more effectively for the warfighter, first responder and decision maker. The OIC will contribute to transforming the Intelligence Community with low-cost collaboration tools. The addition of ASIS to the OIC family will enhance analysts’ productivity by streamlining access to film-based archives of geospatial information.
The senior management of ASIS has chosen to use a portion of its transaction proceeds to invest back into Overwatch Systems and will continue to manage the company. ASIS will report to Kirk Brown, President of Overwatch Geospatial Operations, formerly Sensor Systems, based in Sterling, Va.
“All-Source Imaging Systems fills a strategic void in today’s workflow environment. Historically, it has been cost prohibitive to digitize large archives of film-based imagery. Without a cost-effective solution, there was a real danger this rich source of information would never make it into a softcopy environment and become irrevocably lost. With ASIS products and services we can offer this capability on an as-needed basis, which saves our customers money. ASIS products and services are a natural fit with Overwatch Geospatial Operations, extending the integration of both our RemoteView and ELT product series to hardcopy now as well as softcopy,” said Brown. “We are excited to welcome ASIS to the Overwatch team. ASIS has many important and established customers not only in the US Defense and Intelligence Communities, but across Europe and Asia as well. We look forward to serving the warfighters, first-responders and decision makers in all of these areas with products and services to increase their productivity.”
Phil Wood, the principal shareholder of ASIS said at the time of the closing, “We’re very pleased to become part of the Overwatch team. We are excited to play a strategic role in extending the reach of Overwatch solutions beyond the softcopy sources of NTM and other sources serving the warfighter into the world of automated capture of hardcopy film.
About Overwatch Systems
Headquartered in Morristown, N.J., Overwatch Systems provides a suite of integrated software tools that enable analysts to generate relevant, actionable intelligence faster and more effectively for the warfighter, first responder and policy maker. Overwatch Systems is investing to provide analysis tools that enable interoperability among the member organizations of the intelligence community.
Overwatch Systems Purchases Visual Learning Systems
MORRISTOWN, N.J., USA, 28 April 2006 – Overwatch Systems today announced that it has acquired Visual Learning Systems (VLS) of Missoula, MT. The purchase became effective on April 28, 2006.
Founded in 1999 by Dr. David Opitz and Stuart Blundell, VLS is the worldwide leader in automated feature extraction solutions (AFE) for geographic information systems (GIS). The company's innovative software applications provide assisted and automated tools for extracting geospatial features of interest from imagery with the highest measure of speed and accuracy. VLS’ tools provide a key bridging technology between the raster based world of imaging and the vector based world of mapping. VLS's flagship product, Feature Analyst®, debuted in 2001 and quickly garnered industry-wide attention. Feature Analyst earned "Most Innovative Solution" in the 2002 ArcGIS Challenge Contest sponsored by ESRI, the world's leading provider of GIS software. In 2005, VLS introduced LIDAR Analyst™ to automate the extraction of 3D terrain surfaces, buildings, trees, and forest areas from LIDAR.
The VLS product line is an outstanding extension of the current Overwatch Systems product offerings. Overwatch Systems was formed from the combined the resources of five companies – Sensor Systems, Paragon Imaging, Austin Info Systems, ITSpatial and Federal IT – to provide a suite of integrated geospatial and intelligence fusion software tools for the defense/intelligence community. This toolset, known as the Overwatch Intelligence Center (OIC), focuses on providing situational awareness by enabling analysts to generate relevant, actionable intelligence faster and more effectively for the warfighter, first responder and decision maker. The Overwatch OIC will contribute to transforming the Intelligence Community with low-cost collaboration tools. The addition of VLS to the Overwatch OIC family will enhance analysts’ productivity by streamlining the way they examine, evaluate, learn and record geospatial information.
The senior management of VLS has chosen to use a portion of its transaction proceeds to invest back into Overwatch Systems and will continue to manage the company. VLS will report to Kirk Brown, President of Overwatch Geospatial Operations, formerly Sensor Systems, based in Sterling, Va. Brown was a key advocate for acquiring VLS and expressed his enthusiasm for the transaction.
“Visual Learning Systems enables us to offer our customers market-leading feature extraction tools that fit well within our historical engineering design philosophy. VLS enhances analysts’ productivity with feature extraction tools that are fast, accurate, and require only a minimum of user interaction and guidance. Their market offering will also deepen our customer relations with the growing cadre of geospatial analysts in the military and intelligence community both here in the US as well as in the international community. VLS helps Overwatch fulfill our mission to deliver collaborative analysis systems across the Intelligence Community that speed actionable intelligence to the warfighter,” said Brown. “The VLS team is a strong addition to our Geospatial Operations. While VLS will continue to service their existing customer base, we are eager to offer our combined customers the synergy of VLS technology within our exiting Geospatial Operations product offerings.”
Dr. David Opitz and Stuart Blundell the principal shareholders of VLS said at the time of the closing, “We’re very pleased to become part of the Overwatch team. We could have taken VLS in any number of directions, but felt the Overwatch strategy of linking intelligence sources together with easy-to-use data extraction and analysis tools provides the greatest benefit for our customers and our employees.”
About Overwatch Systems
Headquartered in Morristown, N.J., Overwatch Systems provides a suite of integrated software tools that enable analysts to generate relevant, actionable intelligence faster and more effectively for the warfighter, first responder and policy maker. Overwatch Systems is investing to provide analysis tools that enable interoperability among the member organizations of the intelligence community. For more information, visit www.overwatch.com.
About Overwatch Geospatial Operations
Overwatch Geospatial Operations, formerly Sensor Systems, is located in Sterling, VA., and is a leading developer of desktop applications for rapid visualization and analysis of high-resolution satellite and airborne imagery. The RemoteView product family provides solutions ranging from simple desktop viewers to sophisticated image analysis, precision positioning, multi-spectral analysis, mapping, vector management, and geospatial intelligence applications running on UNIX and Windows platforms. Current users include government and commercial organizations around the world. For more information about Overwatch Geospatial Operations and the RemoteView product family, contact the company's sales staff at 703-437-7651, or visit the company web site at www.geospatial.overwatch.com.
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Overwatch Announces Milestone in RemoteView Software Deployment
STERLING, VA., USA, 10 March 2006 – Overwatch Systems today announced that it has deployed more than 12,000 seat licenses for its RemoteView-Pro imagery visualization and geospatial analysis software system. RemoteView, developed by Sensor Systems which changed its name to Overwatch Geospatial Operations in 2005, is used extensively by the U.S. defense and intelligence community with additional seat licensing now growing in the commercial and international defense sectors.
“RemoteView is typically installed in operational environments where the analysis of imagery and output of actionable intelligence occur around the clock,” said Kirk D. Brown, President of Overwatch Geospatial Operations. “With most seats being used 24 hours a day in three shifts and many of the deployed licenses delivered as floating licenses, the total number of RemoteView users exceeds 30,000 worldwide.”
Designed to rapidly generate situational awareness from a variety of geospatial data sources, RemoteView manages and fuses massive image data sets of multiple gigabyte size so they can be visualized and processed. RemoteView provides intuitive user controls to seamlessly build virtual mosaics incorporating hundreds of images for broad-area analysis, and includes tools for vector management, multi- and hyper-spectral analysis, 3D scene visualization and photogrammetry.
The RemoteView package with one or more of its many add-on modules has been deployed to all unified U.S. military commands, every branch of the military, and all federal intelligence agencies. RemoteView software resides on all Integrated Exploitation Capability (IEC) workstations at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Many RemoteView end users use the software on laptop computers in active military operations.
RemoteView is a key component of the Overwatch Intelligence Center (OIC) created when Overwatch Systems of Morristown, N.J., integrated the resources of five companies, including Sensor Systems. The OIC is a suite of integrated geospatial and intelligence fusion software tools for the defense/intelligence community. It focuses on providing situational awareness by enabling analysts to generate relevant, actionable intelligence faster and more effectively for the intelligence analyst, warfighter, first responder and decision maker.
About Overwatch Geospatial Operations
Overwatch Geospatial Operations located in Sterling, VA consists of the combined forces of Sensor Systems and Paragon Imaging. Overwatch Geospatial Operations is a leading developer of desktop applications for rapid visualization and analysis of high-resolution satellite and airborne imagery. The RemoteView product family provides solutions ranging from simple desktop viewers to sophisticated image analysis, precision positioning, multispectral analysis, mapping, vector management and geospatial intelligence applications running on UNIX and Windows platforms. The ELT® Series commercial image processing software is widely used among tactical imagery analysts in the U.S Air Force Theatre Battle Management Core System, the Naval Special Ops Warfare Command and the Defense Intelligence Agency. Current users include government and commercial organizations around the world. For more information about Overwatch, RemoteView and the ELT® product families, contact the sales staff at (703) 437-7651, or visit www.overwatch.com.
Overwatch Systems Acquires Paragon Imaging
Morristown, NJ
January 1, 2006
We are pleased to announce that effective November 30, 2005 Overwatch Systems has successfully acquired Paragon Imaging of Woburn, MA. Paragon was founded in 1987 to provide software for geospatial analysts. The ELT brand product line is used by a high percentage of the tactical image analysts in the US, including the US Air Force Theatre Battle Management Core System, the Naval Special Ops Warfare Command and the DIA. The Paragon engineering team are specialists in NTIF (National Imagery Transmission Format) and comply with a range of Department of Defense certifications.
The senior management of Paragon has chosen to use a portion of their sale proceeds to invest back into Overwatch Systems and will continue to run the company operating as the Boston Operations of Overwatch. The Boston Operations will report to Kirk Brown, President of the Geospatial Operations of Overwatch. Kirk was the early advocate for acquiring Paragon and expressed his enthusiasm for the transaction. “Paragon enables us to offer our customers an imagery analysis product line that spans from the strategic analyst to the tactical field user. Their market position will also deepen our customer relations with the tactical analysts in the US Military and will create new opportunities for both organizations in the international community. Paragon strengthens our engineering team and allows each group to focus on complementary product developments. This will further accelerate our existing market leadership position. The customers of each of our organizations will benefit from the technology offered by the other.”
Mark Stott and Jack Connors the principal shareholders of Paragon said at the time of the closing “We’re very pleased to align our future with Overwatch. We had been approached by other buyers but felt the Overwatch strategy of linking these intelligence resources together makes sense for our customers and our employees, and we’re delighted to have an opportunity to be part of this larger team.
In commenting on the transaction, Bill Craven, Chairman of Overwatch said “We’re delighted to welcome the Paragon Imaging organization to the Overwatch team both as team members and investment partners. We look forward to leveraging our combined skills and customer base to allow Overwatch to better serve the intelligence community. Paragon helps fulfill our mission to deliver analysis systems that speed actionable intelligence to the warfighter, and to enable information sharing among the agencies that make up the intelligence community.”
About Overwatch Geospatial Operations
Overwatch Geospatial Operations, formerly Sensor Systems, is located in Sterling, VA., and is a leading developer of desktop applications for rapid visualization and analysis of high-resolution satellite and airborne imagery. The RemoteView product family provides solutions ranging from simple desktop viewers to sophisticated image analysis, precision positioning, multi-spectral analysis, mapping, vector management, and geospatial intelligence applications running on UNIX and Windows platforms. Current users include government and commercial organizations around the world.
For more information about Overwatch Geospatial Operations and the RemoteView product family, contact the company's sales staff at 703-437-7651, or visit the company web site at www.geospatial.overwatch.com.
About Overwatch Systems
Headquartered in Morristown, N.J., Overwatch Systems provides a suite of integrated software tools that enable analysts to generate relevant, actionable intelligence faster and more effectively for the warfighter, first responder and policy maker. Overwatch Systems is investing to provide analysis tools that enable interoperability among the member organizations of the intelligence community.
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Overwatch To Demonstrate ‘Intelligence Fusion’
at DGI Europe Conference
STERLING, VA., USA, January 2006 – Overwatch Systems will demonstrate the ‘Intelligence Fusion’ capabilities of its RemoteView imagery and visualization software at the DGI Europe 2006 Conference being held January 23-26 in London.
DGI Europe is an annual conference and exhibition for the military geospatial intelligence community that draws government, industry and military leaders from around the world. Overwatch will conduct its Intelligence Fusion demonstrations in Booth 13 at the QE II Conference Centre in Westminster, London.
Intelligence Fusion, also referred to as Multi-INT Fusion, requires the ability to search for and retrieve multiple types of data from multiple servers and/or databases for analysis in a central software environment. The Overwatch RemoteView visualization and geospatial analysis software is the first system to automate the Intelligence Fusion process.
“The European defense/intelligence community has become a major consumer and producer of geospatial data sets,” said Kirk D. Brown, President of Overwatch Geospatial Operations in Sterling, Va. “Overwatch is eager to show our European customers how RemoteView software can allow them to leverage scarce resources, and spend less time searching for geospatial data and more time analyzing it.”
RemoteView is the leading software for imagery visualization and geospatial analysis within the defense and intelligence communities with a growing customer base in commercial sectors. It handles massive image data sets of multiple gigabyte size for rapid visualization and processing. RemoteView provides intuitive user controls to seamlessly build virtual mosaics incorporating hundreds of images for broad-area analysis, and includes tools for vector management, multi- and hyper-spectral analysis, 3D scene visualization and photogrammetry.
In addition to the Intelligence Fusion capabilities showcased at DGI Europe, Overwatch will carry out live demonstrations of RemoteView’s ability to create 3D renderings from massive data files, build large virtual image mosaics, and extract coordinates with a high degree of precision from a high-resolution image.
RemoteView is part of a suite of integrated geospatial and fusion software tools developed by Overwatch Systems of Morristown, N.J. Overwatch combined the resources of five companies – Sensor Systems, Austin IT Systems, ITSpatial, Paragon Imaging and Federal IT – to create the suite of software tools, called the Overwatch Intelligence Center (OIC), specifically for the defense and intelligence communities. The OIC focuses on providing multi-INT fusion tools that enable analysts to generate relevant, actionable intelligence faster and more effectively for the warfighter, first responder and decision maker.
About Overwatch Geospatial Operations
Overwatch Geospatial Operations, formerly Sensor Systems, located in Sterling, VA, is a leading developer of desktop applications for rapid visualization and analysis of high-resolution satellite and airborne imagery. The RemoteView product family provides solutions ranging from simple desktop viewers to sophisticated image analysis, precision positioning, multispectral analysis, mapping, vector management and geospatial intelligence applications running on UNIX and Windows platforms. Current users include government and commercial organizations around the world.For more information about Overwatch and the RemoteView product family, contact our sales staff at (703) 437-7651, or visit www.overwatch.com.
About Overwatch Systems
Headquartered in Morristown, N.J., Overwatch Systems provides a suite of integrated software tools that enable analysts to generate relevant, actionable intelligence faster and more effectively for the warfighter, first responder and policy maker. Using capabilities from the Overwatch Intelligence Center to counter current threats, Overwatch Systems delivers fieldable collection and analysis capabilities in months where the traditional approach is measured in years. Overwatch Systems is focused on providing situational awareness that supports both conventional and asymmetric intelligence analysis.
Overwatch Announces RemoteView Users Group Conference
STERLING, VA., USA, 9 November 2005 --
Overwatch Geospatial Operations, formerly Sensor Systems, is pleased to announce its upcoming RemoteView Users Group Conference on November 15-16, 2005, in Dulles, Virginia. At the conference, Overwatch Geospatial Operations will demonstrate many of the new functions that have been added to the RemoteView software package.
RemoteView is a geospatial processing and analysis package developed by Sensor Systems, which joined the Overwatch group of companies on Oct. 1, 2005, and changed its name to Overwatch Geospatial Operations.
Held at the Dulles Embassy Suites Hotel, the 2005 RemoteView Users Group Conference will provide the latest information about RemoteView's new features, including the Image Catalog, Precision Positioning/Tactical Targeting (iGeoPos), Research & Negation, Virtual Mosaic, 3D Fly-Thru, and the new RemoteView/ENVI Link. The conference will also offer workshops on a variety of topics, such as photogrammetry, multi-spectral imagery, GIS functionality, and commercial satellite imagery, as well as updates on Overwatch UNIX and Windows products. Conference participants will have the opportunity to see exhibits from other RemoteView software users and Overwatch business partners.
"We are looking forward to having our clients learn how RemoteView fits into the new Overwatch Intelligence Center (OIC) suite of integrated geospatial and fusion software tools," said Kirk D. Brown, President of Overwatch Geospatial Operations. "The OIC suite enables analysts in the U.S. defense and intelligence communities, and increasingly in the commercial and international government sectors, to generate relevant, actionable intelligence for a wide range of uses faster and more effectively than anything else on the market."
RemoteView is poised to become the primary platform for merging sources of intelligence across multiple agencies of government. It is currently the leading software for imagery visualization and geospatial analysis within the defense and intelligence communities, handling massive image data sets of multiple gigabyte size for rapid visualization and processing. RemoteView also provides intuitive user controls to build seamless virtual mosaics, incorporating hundreds of images for broad-area analysis, and includes tools for vector management, multi- and hyper-spectral analysis, 3D scene visualization, and photogrammetry.
To view the conference agenda and register to attend, visit www.geospatial.overwatch.com or call 703.437.7651. The registration fee is $235 per person, but there is a discounted rate of $775 for organizations that wish to register four attendees. Overwatch Geospatial Operations has reserved a block of rooms for conference participants at the Dulles Embassy Suites.
About Overwatch Geospatial Operations
Overwatch Geospatial Operations, formerly Sensor Systems, is located in Sterling, VA., and is a leading developer of desktop applications for rapid visualization and analysis of high-resolution satellite and airborne imagery. The RemoteView product family provides solutions ranging from simple desktop viewers to sophisticated image analysis, precision positioning, multi-spectral analysis, mapping, vector management, and geospatial intelligence applications running on UNIX and Windows platforms. Current users include government and commercial organizations around the world.
For more information about Overwatch Geospatial Operations and the RemoteView product family, contact the company's sales staff at 703-437-7651, or visit the company web site at www.geospatial.overwatch.com.
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Sensor Systems Joins Overwatch Systems
STERLING, VA., USA, 31 October 2005 – Sensor Systems, the developer of RemoteView geospatial processing software, has joined the Overwatch Systems group of companies. Effective October 1, Sensor Systems changed its name to Overwatch Systems Geospatial Operations and remains headquartered in Sterling, Va.
Overwatch Systems, based in Morristown, N.J., combines the resources of four companies – Sensor Systems, Austin IT Systems, ITSpatial and Federal IT – to provide a suite of integrated geospatial and fusion software tools for the defense/intelligence community called the Overwatch Intelligence Center (OIC). The OIC focuses on providing situational awareness by enabling analysts to generate relevant, actionable intelligence faster and more effectively for the warfighter, first responder and decision maker.
“RemoteView is a key component of the Overwatch Intelligence Center and will be a primary platform for merging sources of intelligence across multiple agencies of government,” said Kirk D. Brown, President and CEO of Overwatch Systems Geospatial Operations. “We are committed to providing the same level of innovation that RemoteView users expect, and we will continue our primary job of evolving the RemoteView product line.”
RemoteView is the leading software for imagery visualization and geospatial analysis within the defense intelligence community and with a growing customer base in the commercial sector. It handles massive image data sets of gigabyte size for rapid visualization and processing. RemoteView provides intuitive user controls to seamlessly build virtual mosaics incorporating hundreds of images for broad-area analysis, and includes tools for vector management, multi- and hyper-spectral analysis, 3D scene visualization and photogrammetry.
The Overwatch Intelligence Center uses a library of software components that can be assembled to develop mission-specific applications to support multiple programs and products necessary for extensive situational awareness. OIC solutions allow intelligence analysts to take raw sensor data and combat reports and develop products that support combat and intelligence operations. Analysis can develop and maintain relational databases and visualize the information on maps, images and charts.
About Overwatch Systems Geospatial Operations
Overwatch Systems Geospatial Operations, formerly Sensor Systems, located in Sterling, VA, is a leading developer of desktop applications for rapid visualization and analysis of high-resolution satellite and airborne imagery. The RemoteView product family provides solutions ranging from simple desktop viewers to sophisticated mapping, cartography and geodesy applications running on UNIX and Windows platforms. Current users include government and commercial organizations around the world.For more information about Overwatch and the RemoteView product family, contact our sales staff at (703) 437-7651, or visit www.geospatial.overwatch.com.
About Overwatch Systems
Headquartered in Morristown, N.J., Overwatch Systems provides a suite of integrated software tools that enable analysts to generate relevant, actionable intelligence faster and more effectively for the warfighter, first responder and policy maker. Using capabilities from the Overwatch Intelligence Center to counter current threats, we deliver fieldable collection and analysis capabilities in months where the traditional approach is measured in years. Overwatch Systems is focused on providing situational awareness that supports both conventional and asymmetric intelligence analysis.
Overwatch Systems is investing to integrate all of its geospatial and tactical products into the Overwatch Intelligence Center to enhance collaboration, usability, performance and user training. Overwatch Systems develops and markets intelligence analysis products and develops custom intelligence systems as specified by our Government customers. Overwatch Systems develops multi-band single feed SATCOM systems for DOD/HLS customers and have significant communications experience directly related to satisfying intelligence systems communications requirements.
Sensor Systems is pleased to welcome Mr. Jay Eward to the Sensor Systems’ team as Director of Sales. Mr. Eward will lead our team of seasoned industry sales personnel to ensure that our customers continue to be well-served and that their needs continue to be met in a timely fashion with market leading geospatial analysis tools.
Mr. Eward comes to Sensor Systems with a wealth of experience in meeting the needs of customers in the military geospatial community. In 1988 he started with VITec and was instrumental in establishing its Federal presence. Mr. Eward’s focus on building strong business and personal relationships in this market space has been a key to his success throughout his career. He also played an early role in DCGS development. Most recently Jay was Sales Director, Intelligence Systems for MetaCarta.
"I am excited to have a person of Jay's caliber and experience join our team", said Kirk Brown, President and CEO. "Jay's extensive experience over 17 years will be an important addition to Sensor as we continue to lead the market with new product innovations, quality and advanced capabilities."
Sensor Systems, located in Sterling, VA, is the leading developer of advanced applications for the rapid visualization and analysis of 11-bit, high-resolution satellite imagery. The RemoteView product family provides solutions ranging from simple desktop viewers to sophisticated mapping, 3D and precision positioning applications running on UNIX and Windows platforms. Current users include government and commercial organizations around the world.
Sensor Systems Announces Distributor Partnership with Research Systems Inc.
RSI extends its remote sensing solutions offering by becoming a distributor for Sensor Systems' RemoteView product in European markets.
Sterling, VA – June 15, 2005 - Sensor Systems announced that effective April 6, 2005 it has entered into an agreement with Research Systems Inc. (RSI) , a wholly owned subsidiary of ITT Industries to allow RSI to become a distributor for Sensor Systems' RemoteView products in the UK, France and Italy. RemoteView is the premier software application for importing, viewing, reporting and analyzing both government and commercial remote sensing data in demanding operational environments.
“RemoteVIEW is a very natural compliment to our product offering in Europe, and allows us to provide complete solutions for image delivery, exploitation and analysis to our remote sensing customers,” stated Rolf Schaeppi, vice president of operations for RSI Europe. “RSI has developed and maintained a RemoteView link in our ENVI product for years, exposing us to the growing number of users who benefit from using both ENVI and RemoteView technologies. We are looking forward to further growing the market for RemoteVIEW in these areas.”
“RSI and Sensor Systems share a similar strategy to provide complete remote sensing solutions to our customers,” stated Dave Mohr, director of marketing for Sensor Systems. “The strength and high quality of RSI's presence in Europe makes this a win for both of our organizations.”
About Sensor Systems
Sensor Systems, located in Sterling, VA, is a leading developer of desktop applications for rapid visualization and analysis of high-resolution satellite and airborne imagery. The RemoteView product family provides solutions ranging from simple desktop viewers to sophisticated mapping, 3D and precision positioning applications running on UNIX and Windows platforms. Current users include government and commercial organizations around the world.
For more information about Sensor Systems and the Remote View product family, contact our sales staff at (703) 437-7651, or email: rviewsales@sensor.com
About RSI
RSI, a wholly owned subsidiary of ITT Industries, provides high-performance software solutions that help scientists, engineers, researchers and medical professionals turn complex data into useful information. RSI's 150,000 customers from over 80 countries use IDL and ENVI to visualize and analyze large, complex sets of data and develop and deploy imaging applications. The company's solutions are used in diverse industries including remote sensing, engineering, earth sciences, aerospace and defense, medical imaging, oil and gas exploration and biotechnology. Customized consulting, on-site training and technical support services complement RSI's suite of software solutions. More information can be found at www.rsinc.com