Harris Corporation to Provide MET(R) Multi-Image Exploitation Tool for Commercial Applications Beginning January 2005
October 12 2004 - 9:05AM
PR Newswire (US)
Harris Corporation to Provide MET(R) Multi-Image Exploitation Tool
for Commercial Applications Beginning January 2005 NEW ORLEANS,
Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), a
world leader in advanced image processing solutions, today
announced that it will directly maintain, support, distribute and
enahnce its MET(R) multi-image exploitation tool and any derivative
products beginning January 1, 2005. The National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has announced that after the
end of 2004 it will no longer provide MET under Special Purpose
Rights licenses at no cost to image exploitation users and
analysts. The announcement was made during the U.S. Geospatial
Intelligence Foundation's GEOINT 2004 Symposium (Harris Booth #112)
being held October 12-14 at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel. "Harris
and NGA have negotiated a transition plan that allows individual
sites and commands to continue to use the MET tool with full
support and to receive periodic upgrades after NGA funding
expires," said Edward F. Mushill, manager of Geospatial
Intelligence Products for Harris Corporation's Government
Communications Systems Division (GCSD). "We understand that many
sites have a fundamental need for simultaneous exploitation of
multiple images and multiple image types, and we are committed to
meeting this need by providing the MET tool for purchase as a
commercial software product." The MET tool enhances image
exploitation with leading-edge capabilities for accurate and
flexible information fusion, and expands productivity with powerful
automation. The transition plan changes the MET Special Purpose
Rights licenses to Commercial Software licenses. Harris is
providing a combination of price discounts and volume discounts as
an incentive for users to sign up by December 31, 2004 for ongoing
MET support. In addition, enhanced capability plug-ins included in
MET 2.8 on a trial basis will be permanently installed for those
who sign up early. Harris plans to release METv3.0 during the
spring of 2005 on both the Solaris(TM) and Windows(R) platforms.
The MET tool will keep pace with the ever-changing image collection
constellations, including government and commercial satellites, as
well as aerial mounted devices. New features in METv3.0 will be (1)
MAFE -- a Cloud, Land and Water Feature delineation plug- in; (2)
CLEAR -- an automatic cloud removal mosaic; (3) Triangulation -- a
complementary approach to traditional registration; (4) Cotiara --
an automated road identification and polygon representation; (5)
the capability of decompressing TFRD imagery on the fly that
emulates a native TFRD ingest; (6) full JPO1 compliance; (7) the
OrbView-3 commercial sensor model; (8) a floating license scheme,
and much more. Harris GCSD, one of four divisions within Harris
Corporation, conducts advanced research studies, develops
prototypes, and produces and supports state-of-the-art, assured
communications(TM) solutions and information systems that solve the
mission-critical challenges of its military and government
customers, while serving as the technology base for the company's
diverse commercial businesses. Harris Corporation, which also
provides tactical radio, microwave, broadcast, and network products
and systems, serves customers in more than 150 countries. For more
information, visit http://www.harris.com/ . Sound interesting? Find
great jobs at Harris: http://www.careers.harris.com/ DATASOURCE:
Harris Corporation CONTACT: Sleighton Meyer, Government
Communications Systems Division, +1-321-727-6514, or , or Tom
Hausman, Corporate Headquarters, +1-321-727-9131, or , both of
Harris Corporation Web site: http://www.harris.com/
http://www.careers.harris.com/
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