United Defense, Sarnoff Add Hemispherical Capability to Situational Awareness System for Military Ground Vehicles.YORK, Pa. -- Enhancement Provides View of Entire Hemisphere Surrounding Vehicle; Demonstrated at AUSA AUSA Association of the United States Army AUSA Assistant United States Attorney AUSA Auckland University Students Association AUSA Aberdeen University Students' Association (UK) AUSA Allied United States of America Annual Meeting in Washington, DC United Defense Industries, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :UDI (1) (Unified Display Interface) A digital interface from the United Display Interface SIG that is designed to replace the analog VGA interface common on CRTs and flat panel monitors. UDI is expected to provide backward compatibility with DVI and HDMI interfaces. ) and Sarnoff Corporation Sarnoff Corporation, with headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey, is the former RCA Laboratories. The headquarters is the site of the development of color television, CMOS technology, electron microscopy, and many other important technologies since the cornerstone was laid just today announced the next generation of United Defense's Eagle Vision(TM) enhanced situational awareness Situation awareness or situational awareness [1] (SA) is the mental representation and understanding of objects, events, people, system states, interactions, environmental conditions, and other situation-specific factors affecting human performance in system, featuring the addition of hemispherical awareness capability, further improving soldier and system survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. in hostile terrain. "This enhancement now allows the crew to see activity in the hemisphere above their vehicle, in addition to the panoramic battlefield views provided by the first generation system," said Ashley Wells, United Defense's Eagle Vision Project Manager. "Eagle Vision would be an integral part of an integrated survivability approach that protects the soldiers and the vehicle system." The Eagle Vision demonstration and test system is being shown on a Bradley Fighting Vehicle in the United Defense booth 805 at the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Symposium in Washington, D.C., Oct. 25 to 27. Sarnoff is showing related technology at booth 1537. The demonstration unit employs eight cameras for increased resolution and better visibility, and currently allows three soldiers Three Soldiers is a 1920[1] novel by the American writer and critic John Dos Passos. It is one of the key American war novels of the First World War, and remains a classic of the realist war novel genre. H.L. to use the system simultaneously and independently. This second generation Eagle Vision system retains the Moving Threat Indicator (MTI MTI Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore) MTI Metal Treating Institute MTI Moving Target Indicator (radar) MTI Magyar Távirati Iroda (news agency in Budapest, Hungary) ) capability that automatically detects motion in all directions around military vehicles and alerts personnel to the potential intruders. The flexible design of the Eagle Vision system allows for tailoring to specific needs or applications by changing the type or number of cameras, the field of view, or the number of users linked to the system. The current Eagle Vision display system will be delivered to Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD NVESD Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Director/Directorate (US Army) ) for field testing and user jury evaluations under a purchase order given to United Defense in August 2003. The Eagle Vision system gives every soldier in a vehicle the ability to see what lies ahead, behind and above in a seamless hemispheric view of the surrounding area. A helmet-mounted display with a head tracking system lets each soldier see the appropriate image for a given head position. A vehicle-mounted display may be used with a joystick or other controls as well. With the added MTI feature, personnel get an early warning system allowing rapid identification and location of potential threats. About Sarnoff Corporation Sarnoff Corporation, www.sarnoff.com, produces innovations in electronic, biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. and information technology that generate new products and services for government and commercial clients. It develops breakthroughs in ICs, lasers, and imagers; drug discovery, manufacture, and delivery; computational; digital TV and video for security, surveillance, and entertainment; high-performance computing; and wireless communications. About United Defense United Defense designs, develops and produces combat vehicles, artillery, naval guns, missile launchers and precision munitions mu·ni·tion n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. used by the U.S. Department of Defense and allies worldwide, and provides non-nuclear ship repair, modernization and conversion to the U.S. Navy and other U.S. Government agencies. To learn more about United Defense, visit www.uniteddefense.com. Forward-Looking Statements Information in this release may involve guidance, expectations, beliefs, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future. These forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. All forward looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to United Defense Industries, Inc., as of the date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward looking statements. The statements in this release are not guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ materially from our current expectations. Numerous factors could cause or contribute to such differences. Please refer to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 K for the year ended December 31, 2003 as well as its Quarterly Report on Form 10 Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, and in our other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a further discussion of the factors and risks associated with our business. |
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