SAN DIEGO — BAE Systems has secured several international distributor agreements to expand marketing its software for image analysis, geospatial analysis, and photogrammetry, SOCET GXP™ and SOCET SET®, to major mapping and intelligence centers and commercial customers. The extended distributor network includes offices in Germany, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, and Taiwan.
“The expansion indicates the depth of interest in our product offerings,” said Dan London, BAE Systems’ sales and marketing vice president for geospatial exploitation products. “This global distributor network allows us to reach customers in areas that need automated image analysis and mapping capability. Many of them are creating infrastructure for the first time or rebuilding transportation networks that have been devastated by natural and manmade disasters.”
Geospatial image processing software products can assist companies or governments in critical operations including homeland security, disaster relief, humanitarian efforts, defense missions, and other projects that require superior visual intelligence.
SOCET GXP and SOCET SET software is used by commercial, government, and defense organizations for high-precision mapping, image analysis, change detection, GIS data generation and 3-D viewing. The new distributors are the exclusive channel for promoting these software tools in their regions: Rollei representing Austria, Switzerland and Germany; Marathon Data Systems representing Greece, Cyprus and Serbia; GEOTOP in Italy; ICS in Jordan and United Arab Emirates; GSM Solutions in Korea; GIS Transport in Lebanon; Jurupro Sdn. Bhd.in Malaysia; Singapore British Engineering in Singapore; TRAGSATEC in Spain; and U&U Engineering in Taiwan.
BAE Systems develops and supplies SOCET GXP and SOCET SET software and other innovative solutions widely used for mapping, photogrammetry, geospatial analysis, and image analysis.
About BAE Systems
BAE Systems is an international company engaged in the development, delivery, and support of advanced defense and aerospace systems in the air, on land, at sea, and in space. The company designs, manufactures, and supports military aircraft, combat vehicles, surface ships, submarines, radar, avionics, communications, electronics, and guided weapon systems. It is a pioneer in technology with a heritage stretching back hundreds of years and is at the forefront of innovation, working to develop the next generation of intelligent defense systems. BAE Systems has major operations across five continents and customers in some 130 countries. The company employs more than 90,000 people and generates annual sales of approximately $25 billion through its wholly owned and joint venture operations.
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