US military video intelligence revs up

BEAVERTON, OREGON, US: A new contract funds improvements to watermarking solution used to embed location coordinates in video surveillance images at U.S. military video intelligence systems.

Digimarc Corporation has been awarded a contract for the SmartData program by CACI International Incorporated, in the amount of $600,000, to further advance the technology used in U.S. military video intelligence systems.

The initiative integrates hardware developed under a previous contract into an operational Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), and includes testing in specific scenarios to demonstrate improvements in collection, search, retrieval and dissemination of future intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance imagery.

"This is the second of two federal contracts we were expecting this year. We are anxious to get to work on this continuation contract to take this important project to the next stage in its development," stated Bruce Davis, Chairman and CEO of Digimarc. "We have heard from soldiers who serve on the front lines that improvements in data collection and dissemination are necessary. It is gratifying to know that Digimarc technology has demonstrated value to government reconnaissance programs and will be further advanced through this initiative."