Boeing Awarded $4 Million Follow-On Award to Process Radar Data from Space Shuttle Endeavour
From: Jacques van Oene (oene0072_at_planet.nl)
Date: 08/02/04
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Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 16:40:55 +0200
Boeing Awarded $4 Million Follow-On Award to Process Radar Data from Space
Shuttle Endeavour
ST. LOUIS, July 29, 2004 - Boeing [NYSE:BA] has received a $4 million
follow-on task order from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
to enhance the digital topographic data collected by the space shuttle
Endeavour.
This award to Boeing under NGA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
program brings Boeing's total SRTM contract awards to over $23 million. The
task order was awarded under NGA's Global Geospatial Intelligence contract
that was designed to enhance NGA's ability to provide critical,
time-sensitive, intelligence and geospatial information for the Department
of Defense. Boeing is a prime contractor for GGI, which has a potential
value of $750 million over 10 years.
"This award demonstrates the successful partnership between Boeing and NGA,"
said John Werle, general manager of Boeing's Space and Intelligence Systems
Mission Systems. "The availability to the Defense Department of this
information will enable greater use of the shuttle radar data, and moves one
step closer to a full global data set.
The follow-on tasking, known as Void Fill, will update terrain models in
geographic locations where Endeavour had trouble collecting data in February
2000. The enhancements include the removal of certain radar processing
anomalies and filling areas with data from alternate elevation data sources.
Autometric, Inc., acquired by Boeing in 2000, is one of two GGI prime
contractor teams who were awarded initial SRTM data finishing task orders.
To date, the team has produced over 9,000 cells of Digital Terrain Elevation
Data (DTED ®) over portions of four continents with each cell being one
degree of latitude by one degree of longitude in size. Boeing is responsible
for the overall project management of its team and development of the
interactive editing system interface and editing software that is being used
to produce the data at Boeing.
The SRTM mission aboard Endeavour entailed using radar sensors to collect
the most detailed and accurate height measurements ever gathered for such a
large area. The goal of the SRTM production program is to produce digital
topographic data for 80% of the Earth's land surface. Automation of most
tasks has reduced editing time and minimized production costs, as compared
to previous systems for producing similar data.
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world's largest space and
defense businesses. Headquartered in St. Louis , IDS is a $27 billion
business. It provides systems solutions to its global military, government
and commercial customers. It is a leading provider of intelligence,
surveillance and reconnaissance support; the world's largest military
aircraft manufacturer; the world's largest satellite manufacturer and a
leading provider of space-based communications; the primary systems
integrator for U.S. missile defense; NASA's largest contractor; and a global
leader in satellite launch services.
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Contacts:
Michelle Roby
The Boeing Company
703-961-3964
michelle.roby@boeing.com
Joseph Tedino
The Boeing Company
703-923-4054
joseph.j.tedino@boeing.com
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