SAIC Launches Web-Based Processing System, Delivering Custom Landsat Imagery Directly to Customer Desktops
(SAN DIEGO and McLEAN, Va.) May 4, 2009 -- Science Applications International Corporation [NYSE: SAI] today announced it has launched an innovative, web-based processing system delivering custom Landsat imagery directly to customer desktops.
The Landsat Program is a series of Earth-observing satellite missions jointly managed by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Landsat satellites collect images of Earth from space that can be used to evaluate changes to our planet caused by natural processes and human practices. In January of this year the USGS opened access to the Landsat archive allowing users to download scenes in a standard format. SAIC's new system fills a need in the Landsat user community by providing value-added processing of these standard products.
SAIC's custom imagery can be used by land-use/cover professionals (researchers, resource managers and policy makers) for crop management, drought monitoring, climate change detection, disaster relief, water resource management and other applications. With SAIC's new system, users can browse the USGS archive, select specific scene(s), and apply a powerful array of spatial and spectral processing options to generate products tailored to meet their needs.
"The USGS is a strong advocate of full use of the Landsat data in the archive. We support any system that expands the use of the data and makes the data more relevant and accessible to the global science community," said Bruce Quirk, program coordinator for the USGS Land Remote Sensing Program.
The new SAIC system provides fast and reliable data supported by experienced scientists and imaging experts, leveraging the 37-year-old USGS Landsat archive made available by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, SD.
"SAIC has been intimately involved with production of Landsat products since 2002 when it was selected by USGS as the technical support contractor at the USGS EROS," said Chuck Zang, senior vice president and business unit general manager. "At EROS, we provided satellite data processing and knowledge management for the world's largest collection of civilian earth imagery. We look forward to continuing our support of the Landsat user community by providing quality custom imagery to their desktops."
For more information visit www.saic.com/landsat.
About SAIC
SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health. The company's approximately 45,000 employees serve customers in the U.S. Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other U.S. Government civil agencies and selected commercial markets. SAIC had annual revenues of $10.1 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2009. For more information, visit www.saic.com. SAIC: From Science to Solutions®
Statements in this announcement, other than historical data and information, constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements, or industry results to be very different from the results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in SAIC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2009, and other such filings that SAIC makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.
Contact:
Melissa Koskovich
(703) 676-6762
Melissa.l.koskovich@saic.com
Laura Luke
(703) 676-6533
laura.luke@saic.com
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