Going through material concerning NSA domestic spying and the private contractors, I came across a name pretty familiar, Although less known as an intelligence contractor than BAE and Boeing, the Harris Corporation has become a major force in providing contracted electronic, satellite and information technology services to the intelligence community, including the NSA and the NRO. In 2007, according to its most recent annual report, the $4.2 billion company, based in Melbourne, Florida, won several new classified contracts. NSA awarded one of them for software to be used by NSA analysts in the agency�s �Rapidly Deployable Integrated Command and Control System,� which is used by the NSA to transmit �actionable intelligence� to soldiers and commanders in the field. Harris also supplies geospatial and imagery products to the NGA. At GEOINT, Harris displayed a new product that allows agencies to analyze live video and audio data imported from UAVs. It was developed, said Fred Poole, a Harris market development manager, �with input from intelligence analysts who were looking for a video and audio analysis tool that would allow them to perform �intelligence fusion�� � combining information from several agencies into a single picture of an ongoing operation.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:36:30 +0000
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