Cloud hangs over geospatial intelligence
Textron Systems has seen strong military interest in the latest version of its cloud-based geospatial intelligence product, with a number of defence analysts evaluating the software, and the company is planning to release a new update soon.
RVcloud is the cloud-based version of RemoteView, a tool that provides imagery exploitation capabilities to military and intelligence users.
For example, the products could be used to analyse satellite imagery: multiple images of the same area could be scanned over time to detect changes, or the system could be used in mission planning to establish ingress or egress routes in a specified area.
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