ESRI to Provide GIS Software Component of NIMA Commercial Joint Mapping Toolkit Contract.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers New Tools Will Expand Map Display and Analysis Capabilities for All DoD Command and Control Systems ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, CA, www.esri.com) The world's leading developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, including programs that plot ZIP codes and addresses, demographic information and detailed, color-coded data. today announced that it will provide the geographic information system geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to (GIS) software component of the Commercial Joint Mapping Toolkit The Commercial Joint Mapping Toolkit, or CJMTK (also referred to as C/JMTK), is a replacement for the previous United States Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Mapping Toolkit (JMTK) that utilizes common off-the-shelf components (COTS). (C/JMTK C/JMTK Commercial/Joint Mapping Tool Kit ) contract awarded by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency (now National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; US government) NIMA never in mitosis gene a (molecular biology) NIMA North Idaho Mycological Association ) earlier this week. NIMA selected Northrop Grumman Information Technology (IT) to lead the $72 million contract along with a team composed of ESRI; Analytical Graphics Inc.; and Leica Geosystems/ERDAS. C/JMTK will provide the mapping and geospatial foundation for the Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment A uniform configuration of hardware and software throughout an organization. It is designed to eliminate software and data incompatibilities and improve troubleshooting. It implies the use of the same primary applications and Web browser as well as the same operating system, database (DII COE), which is a software infrastructure that enables mission applications, such as the Global Command and Control Systems, to share common support applications such as the C/JMTK. This builds upon the existing Joint Mapping Toolkit, a common suite of government software that has provided the map display, analysis tools, and mapping utilities for potentially all Department of Defense (DoD) command and control systems. This award will see modern commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) GIS components integrated into the DII COE. This will mean that map displays throughout the Joint and Service Command and Control Systems will utilize ESRI's ArcGIS platform as a foundation. This will provide the war fighter with a comprehensive range of map display, visualization, and analysis tools providing real-time situational awareness, track management, terrain analysis, multi-INT fusion, and more -- all based on a common spatial information infrastructure and all using the same open application framework. "ESRI has had a long and productive relationship with the Department of Defense," said Jack Dangermond, ESRI president. "We have listened intently to the needs of this most exacting of communities, and with the award of this contract we are committed to delivering the world's best GIS in mission applications." "We are very excited to be working with NIMA and our industry teammates to advance geoprocessing software capabilities for mission application development," said Stu Shea, Northrop Grumman IT TASC TASC The After School Corporation TASC The American Surrogacy Center TASC Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities TASC The Analytic Sciences Corporation TASC Transportation Administrative Service Center TASC Total Administrative Services Corporation vice president and director, Space Intelligence. "The C/JMTK program provides the means to deliver on the promise of COTS integration, open systems, and standards and open the door to DoD-wide command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance An activity that synchronizes and integrates the planning and operation of sensors, assets, and processing, exploitation, and dissemination systems in direct support of current and future operations. This is an integrated intelligence and operations function. Also called ISR. (C4ISR C4ISR Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance C4ISR Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance C4ISR Command Control Communications Computers Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance ) interoperability." Phase one of the contract will involve the construction of the C/JMTK software developers' toolkit. This will involve DII COE segmentation, cross-platform support, and legacy system support. Once that activity is complete, the toolkit will be made available to all DII COE programs and contractors. Phase two will consist of the rollout of the C/JMTK toolkit into mission applications -- a significant step forward in delivered capabilities. |
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