Lockheed Martin and Harris Corporation Sign Agreement to Develop Innovative Full-Motion Video Intelligence Tools
April 20 2009 - 3:40PM
PR Newswire (US)
Companies to Collaborate on Advanced Technologies for Video
Management and Analysis HERNDON, Va. and DENVER, April 20
/PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Harris Corporation
(NYSE:HRS) have signed a collaboration agreement to develop
next-generation technologies for managing and analyzing full-motion
video intelligence. The two companies will use their collective
expertise and resources to create new video analysis solutions for
defense, intelligence and commercial customers. "Full-motion video
has exceptional potential for intelligence collection and
analysis," said Jim Kohlhaas, Lockheed Martin's vice president of
Spatial Solutions. "Thousands of platforms are collecting important
video intelligence every day. The challenge is to collect and
catalogue that huge volume of footage, and give analysts the tools
they need to find, interpret and share the critical intelligence
that can be gleaned from that mountain of data. We're very pleased
to be working with Harris on this important initiative." "Harris is
one of the world's leading manufacturers and developers of
commercial off-the-shelf hardware and software for the broadcast
industry," said Tim Thorsteinson, president of Harris Broadcast
Communications. "With decades of experience providing world-class
solutions that continuously exceed the exacting demands of
broadcasters worldwide, Harris is uniquely qualified to apply
broadcast technology to the challenges facing the defense and
intelligence markets. Leveraging Harris's commercial broadcast
technologies and expertise with Lockheed Martin's strong base of
government customers provides an excellent basis to understand and
solve video analysis problems." Lockheed Martin and Harris will
pursue full-motion video technology opportunities in the U.S. and
international defense and intelligence markets. The companies will
also embark on joint research and development into new video
technologies, focusing on automation and advanced applications for
performing in-depth analysis, both in real-time and on archival
footage. The companies will also work on new solutions for
cataloguing, storing and securely sharing video intelligence across
organizational and geographic boundaries to include bandwidth
constrained users. Both companies have extensive experience in
video exploitation and management. In 2007 Harris released its
Full-Motion Video Asset Management Engine, or FAME(TM), which
integrates video, chat, and audio directly into the video stream.
It also integrates a powerful processing and storage engine into a
single digital architecture that provides the infrastructure for
changing the way video is ingested and streamed to the user
community. Lockheed Martin recently debuted Audacity(TM), a video
analytics engine that tags, sorts and catalogues digital footage.
Audacity includes integrated intelligence tools such as video
mosaic creation, facial recognition, object tracking and smart
auto-alerts based around geospatial areas of interest. Harris is an
international communications and information technology company
serving government and commercial markets in more than 150
countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has
annual revenue of $5.4 billion and 16,000 employees -- including
nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to
developing best-in-class assured communications(R); products,
systems, and services. Additional information about Harris
Corporation is available at http://www.harris.com/. Headquartered
in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that
employs about 146,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged
in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and
sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.
The corporation reported 2008 sales of $42.7 billion. DATASOURCE:
Lockheed Martin CONTACT: Matt Kramer of Lockheed Martin,
+1-703-466-2794, , or Susan Sheppard of Harris, +1-585-624-7969,
Web Site: http://www.lockheedmartin.com/
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