February 27th 06, 09:38 PM
http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q1/060227a_nr.html
Boeing Awarded $3.5 Million Follow-on Award to Process Radar Data from
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Boeing News Release
February 27, 2006
ST. LOUIS -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] has received a $3.5 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 more than $35
million. The task order was awarded under NGA's Global Geospatial
Intelligence (GGI) 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 continuing successful partnership between
Boeing and NGA," said Brian Knutsen, general manager of Boeing's Space
and Intelligence Systems Mission Systems. "The availability of this
information to Department of Defense agencies will enable greater use
of
data that was collected by the shuttle radar, and it moves the team one
step closer to a full global data set."
This follow-on tasking, known as Void Fill, will update terrain models
in geographic locations where Endeavour's radar sensor had difficulty
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.
Boeing is one of two GGI prime contractor teams that were awarded
initial SRTM data finishing task orders. To date, the team has produced
more than 9,000 cells of Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED??)
and
enhanced approximately 7,000 cells 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 used 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 percent 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.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
is one of the world's largest space and defense
businesses. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense
Systems is a $30.5 billion business. It provides network-centric system
solutions to its global military, government, and commercial customers.
It is a leading provider of intelligence, surveillance and
reconnaissance systems; 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 sustainment solutions and launch services.
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Contact Info:
Joseph Tedino
The Boeing Company
703-270-6678
Eric Warren
The Boeing Company
310-335-6314
Boeing Awarded $3.5 Million Follow-on Award to Process Radar Data from
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Boeing News Release
February 27, 2006
ST. LOUIS -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] has received a $3.5 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 more than $35
million. The task order was awarded under NGA's Global Geospatial
Intelligence (GGI) 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 continuing successful partnership between
Boeing and NGA," said Brian Knutsen, general manager of Boeing's Space
and Intelligence Systems Mission Systems. "The availability of this
information to Department of Defense agencies will enable greater use
of
data that was collected by the shuttle radar, and it moves the team one
step closer to a full global data set."
This follow-on tasking, known as Void Fill, will update terrain models
in geographic locations where Endeavour's radar sensor had difficulty
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.
Boeing is one of two GGI prime contractor teams that were awarded
initial SRTM data finishing task orders. To date, the team has produced
more than 9,000 cells of Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED??)
and
enhanced approximately 7,000 cells 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 used 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 percent 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.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
is one of the world's largest space and defense
businesses. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense
Systems is a $30.5 billion business. It provides network-centric system
solutions to its global military, government, and commercial customers.
It is a leading provider of intelligence, surveillance and
reconnaissance systems; 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 sustainment solutions and launch services.
###
Contact Info:
Joseph Tedino
The Boeing Company
703-270-6678
Eric Warren
The Boeing Company
310-335-6314