Everything Under The Sun: Aerial Collection Services

Friday, October 16, 2015

Aerial Collection Services

KEYW's Milestone I corporate office.

There's a company, located in Hanover, MD, that is involved in cybersecurity, prevention of cyberterrorism, in short, is a key player in protecting the US, without using weapons. Their field involves using information systems and they also train workers in various areas of cybersecurity in the Parrot Labs arm of the company. Basically, this organization functions as support to numerous local law enforcement and key federal agencies.

KEYW CORPORATION provides quite a number of services within information systems in a variety of industries. One area in which they provide services is in aerial collection. The company utilizes an aircraft fleet under contract; both the planes and those who operate them work with the contractor firm. KEYW provides the collection technology. Among those served include Border Protection, Maritime Domain Awareness, Mining & Exploration and Natural Disaster Response.

Military support applications include target-accurate geospatial foundation-level products that support counter-terrorist insurgency operations and irregular warfare mission planning. Other services include that which can give surveillance data from the air prior to any deployment operations, then also on-site logistics, aircraft maintenance, integration of payloads, and various data integration services. KEYW designs, builds, and integrates hyperspectral, multispectral, and high-resolution digital integration systems that can be used in light aircraft, helicopters, and drone aircraft.

Since 2004, KEYW's Flight Landata Division has been active in military aircraft operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and in Africa. They even provided Buckeye Sensor suites on Blackhawk UH-60 helicopters, in addition to their own fleet. Currently, KEYW is conducting flight operations with six King Air 100 aircraft. That includes operational planning, logistics, aircraft maintenance, pilots, and sensor operators. Their operation is entirely scalable, to the point that they customize the operations to fit each customer's needs.

KEYW's employees can perform sensor maintenance in the field. Any depot-level repairs are conducted at the North Andover facility, including that needed for defective units returned from service. This company can also develop and design its own prototypes with its CAD/CAM software tools and also has access to specialized lab facilities. They also maintain their own modified test aircraft, so they can easily develop their prototypes and take them quickly through flight testing.

The amount of detail that can be seen by utilizing KEYW's services.

Remember, this is only one area of KEYW Corporation's work. They are thorough and comprehensive, with access to a variety of capabilities. It's no wonder that they are high performers in the area of cybersecurity.