Smartronix Partners with LizardTech, enabling the Air Force Streamline Access to
Critical Imagery Data
Shalimar,
Florida 19 March 2009 – Smartronix has partnered with
LizardTech, a division of Calartem to implement a quicker,
easier solution for managing and distributing digital imagery to
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). Smartronix
was tasked to provide AFSOC with an integrated and rapid
solution set to deliver critical imagery to support war efforts
in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In support of the war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, AFSOC was
providing imagery data to field war fighters. Previous processes
for storing and serving imagery were experiencing delays
typically in excess of three months to complete from image
acquisition to deployment. Smartronix’ engineers, in working
with LizardTech’s Express Software were able to compress imagery
and implement valuable time saving processes and push critical
imagery to the field in less than three weeks, four and a half
times faster than before. Storage requirements dropped from
Terabytes to Gigabytes, which lowered equipment cost, enabled a
smaller footprint, and saved the client substantial
man-hours.
According to CEO John Parris, “Providing mission improvement to
our warfighters is one of our company’s main goals. The
successful collaboration with LizardTech is another example of
seeking smart solutions for our clients’ needs."
