MDA to provide the US Air Force with mobile ground system upgrade
Written by Dan Comand December 02, 2010
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced it has signed a contract with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Eagle Vision Program.
MDA will upgrade its mobile ground system software, to allow it to receive and process imagery from the constellation of RapidEye satellites. MDA's solution allows the USAF to provide near real-time in-theatre access to essential image data, on a daily basis, in support of the warfighter.
The addition of the RapidEye capability expands MDA's existing multi-sensor offering to the USAF that includes data access from the RADARSAT-2 satellite since May 2009.
RapidEye is a constellation of five light weight Earth Observation small satellites that has the capacity to image any point on the Earth on any given day, providing RapidEye the ability to frequently monitor changes at any location of interest around the world.
Eagle Vision is the U.S. Department of Defense's only deployable commercial ground station capable of directly receiving and processing critical imagery information from commercial remote sensing satellites directly for the warfighter in-theatre. Eagle Vision also supports homeland disaster relief missions.
www.mdacorporation.com
The addition of the RapidEye capability expands MDA's existing multi-sensor offering to the USAF that includes data access from the RADARSAT-2 satellite since May 2009.
RapidEye is a constellation of five light weight Earth Observation small satellites that has the capacity to image any point on the Earth on any given day, providing RapidEye the ability to frequently monitor changes at any location of interest around the world.
Eagle Vision is the U.S. Department of Defense's only deployable commercial ground station capable of directly receiving and processing critical imagery information from commercial remote sensing satellites directly for the warfighter in-theatre. Eagle Vision also supports homeland disaster relief missions.
www.mdacorporation.com
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