Hughes wins contract with People's Republic of China.VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 1997--Hughes STX STX - Start Of Text Corp., an operating unit of Hughes Technical Services Co., has been awarded a contract to develop a satellite ground processing system for the China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Applications (CRESDA CRESDA Center for Resource Satellite Data and Applications (China) ). The contract is estimated at approximately $10 million. The system will process data for the China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS CBERS China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite ), which is being jointly developed by China and Brazil to provide remote sensing data for environmental monitoring. Hughes STX, located in Lanham, Md., will design and develop a fully integrated CBERS Data Processing System (CDPS CDPS Cooperative Distributed Problem Solving CDPS Colorado Department of Public Safety CDPS Communications Data Processing System CDPS Consolidated Decision Package Set CDPS Computing & Data Processing Society (Canada) ), which will be installed in CRESDA's facility in Beijing, China. ``This award is indicative of our expertise in remote sensing processing systems,'' said Hughes STX President Ashok Kaveeshwar. ``It solidifies our position as a provider of next-generation technology to the international remote sensing ground station community. We are extremely excited with this opportunity to bring Hughes resources and expertise to ensure the success of this program.'' Hughes STX faced international competition from France and Canada, but Kaveeshwar attributes the contract award to Hughes' ``past performance and technical expertise in archive-data management and data distribution for the U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation System Data Center, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. ) Earth Observing System The Earth Observing System (EOS) is a program of NASA comprising a series of artificial satellite missions and scientific instruments in Earth orbit designed for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, atmosphere, and oceans of the Earth. Data and Information System (EOSDIS EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data and Information System ) and the Department of Commerce's Landsat program.'' Kaveeshwar added, ``For the past 15 years, Hughes STX has had an excellent working relationship with the People's Republic of China in the area of remote sensing.'' Hughes Technical Services Co., a subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft Co., is a leader in providing technical, scientific and professional services to government agencies and commercial customers in the areas of operation and maintenance of customer equipment and systems; repair and supply depot operations, as well as engineering, logistics and personnel support; technology-insertion programs, including engineering studies and analyses; space and Earth sciences; and privatization of public services. Hughes Aircraft Co. is a unit of Hughes Electronics Corp. The earnings of Hughes Electronics are used to calculate the earnings per share attributable to GMH (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange symbol) common stock. CONTACT: Hughes Technical Services Co. Bob Valentine, 703/918-6922 or 310/513-4171 703/918-6912 (fax) |
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