Lockheed Martin Launches 'Intelligence On Demand'

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Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:25pm EDT

Offers U.S. Government Users Instant, Secure, Online Access to Imagery and
Analytics

HERNDON, Va., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to a growing demand for
immediate, online access to geospatial imagery and analytical tools, Lockheed
Martin (NYSE: LMT), working with Pictometry International Corporation, has
launched the first version of "Intelligence on Demand," a new web portal that
offers users a world of imagery and analysis for a flat monthly fee.  This
initial version offers a library of more than 100 million geospatial images
from Pictometry and high-powered analytical tools from Lockheed Martin, all
available online.


"More and more U.S. federal government agencies are relying on geospatial
intelligence to plan and conduct their operations," said Roger Mann, Director
of Advanced Programs for Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global
Services - Intelligence. "But for many organizations within these agencies,
it's not practical to purchase, install and manage a multi-million dollar
server infrastructure to store and archive terabytes of high-resolution
imagery. With Intelligence on Demand, we're offering users all the convenience
and security of their own geospatial database, with none of the traditional
costs and effort. A flat subscription fee gets you instant access to all the
imagery in our database, downloaded straight to your laptop on demand."


Intelligence on Demand is built on a cloud computing model, where a large
number of users connect to data on a shared "cloud" of servers on the
Internet. Web-based e-mail and document sharing applications are examples of
commercial clouds. The cloud approach significantly improves convenience and
affordability for users, who can access their data from any computer anywhere
in the world, so long as they have a network connection.


Intelligence on Demand offers users three key advantages over traditional,
commercial clouds:


    --  Enhanced Security: The service is carefully controlled and managed by
        Lockheed Martin and offered only to U.S. federal government users,
        giving agencies a "trusted cloud" capable of storing secure or
sensitive
        information.



    --  Unique Data Sets: Intelligence on Demand is the only trusted service
to
        offer ultra high-resolution images from Pictometry International Corp.
        Pictometry's imagery is taken from airplanes at an oblique angle,
rather
        than straight down like traditional imagery. The result is imagery
with
        up to four-inch resolution that can be used to create photo-realistic
        virtual models of landscapes that are rich, pinpoint-precise, and
        capable of powerful geospatial analysis. Lockheed Martin will add more
        data sets from other providers in the future.



    --  Sophisticated Analysis Tools: Built-in online tools let users perform
        advanced geospatial analysis, such as measuring precise heights and
        distances in three dimensions, determining lines of sight, and mapping
        out operations in three dimensions. More than just data, Intelligence
on
        Demand offers web-based tools to support mission planning, disaster
        response, and command and control.



Imagery and data from Intelligence on Demand can be viewed and analyzed
through a web browser, or loaded into commercial geographic information
systems for specialized applications.


For more information on Intelligence on Demand, visit
www.lockheedmartin.com/products/IntelligenceOnDemand.  Customers who already
have a subscription can log in directly at www.myidemand.com/iod.


Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company
that employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the
research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of
advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported
2008 sales of $42.7 billion.


Pictometry International Corp. is a leading provider of geo-referenced, aerial
image libraries and related software. Pictometry has captured over 100 million
digital aerial images in over 700 counties in the United States covering over
80 percent of the United States population. Pictometry has its headquarters in
Rochester, NY and an office in Europe. For more information, visit
www.pictometry.com.


For additional information, visit our website: http://www.lockheedmartin.com



SOURCE  Lockheed Martin

Matt Kramer of Lockheed Martin, +1-703-466-2794; matthew.s.kramer@lmco.com
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