Saab, DigitalGlobe partners on new version of Vricon system

Saab has signed an agreement with DigitalGlobe to provide the next-generation of Saab’s Vricon rapid 3D mapping system.

Under the terms of the agreement, the Vricon solution will be integrated with DigitalGlobe’s stereoscopic satellite imagery and temporal analysis data to enable highly-accurate, photo-realistic 3D maps creation of specific areas of interest.

Saab Vricon Systems President Fredrik Rosenqvist said that the partnership agreement marks a step ahead in the geo intelligence community.

"It provides our customers with on-time access to high resolution 3D data based on satellite imagery," Rosenqvist added.

The Vricon system has been designed to automatically and rapidly generate high resolution 3D data based on imagery from satellites, UAVs and manned aircraft.

The system can be integrated onto additional equipment and applications including intelligence reporting, mission planning and rehearsal, training and simulation as well as coordinate extraction and georeferencing of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) sensors.

DigitalGlobe’s International vice president Andrea Bersan said, "Using imagery from DigitalGlobe’s satellites, the Vricon system can generate data with enough detail to identify and extract the 3D location of a window on a building."

"Our satellites allow Saab to extend the Vricon system to all regions of the world, enabling military personnel, first responders and other end-users to obtain 3D images anywhere on earth with or without a physical presence on the ground."

Saab will showcase the new system at the ongoing GEOINT Symposium 2012 in Orlando, Florida, US, held from 9-10 October 2012.