GEOINT Cooperation
The national coordinating
body of the Romanian space activities is the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA),
established in 1991 and reorganized by a Government Decision in 1995 as an
independent public institution under the auspices of the Ministry of
Research and Technology (actually, the Ministry of Education and Research).
The missions of ROSA are to promote and coordinate development and national
efforts in the field, and, as a Government representative, to promote
international cooperation. In particular, ROSA is authorized to establish
research and development centers oriented on specific objectives of the
Romanian Space Programme. ROSA is developing its own research and
development projects.
The GEOINT Training and Research Center (CGINT) was developed by Military
Technical Academy in cooperation with Romanian Space Agency (ROSA),
and other national security organizations.
Based on experience gathered by consortium members in research and
development activities related to different GEOINT components, CGINT wants
to demonstrate possibility and usefulness of creating a Centre for
Geospatial Intelligence by creating a reduced scale, minimal functionality
model.
Organizational as well as scientific and technological problems included in
CGINT's approach allow the consortium member to exploit their scientific
achievements in new research area and thus create new capacity and improved
capability to be tested in future European research and development programs
targeting security.
European Union Satellite Centre
The mission of the European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC) is to support the decision-making of the European Union by providing analysis of satellite imagery and collateral data.
The EUSC is an Agency of the Council of the European Union. It is one of the key institutions for European Union’s Security and Defense policy, and the only one in the field of space.
In 2007 COL Dan RADUCANU, the coordinator of CGINT was invited by EUSC Director to represent Romania at SatCen as a National Seconded Expert inside the Training Unit. The main assignment was to develop new courses regarding SAR THR Imagery, GPS Positioning, Terrain Analysis, and Digital Image Processing.
In 2008 COL Dan RADUCANU participated at EUSC as guest lecturer in the delivery of courses mentioned before.
Cassidian (formerly known as EADS Defence & Security) is the defense and
security pillar within EADS, driving the Group's development of integrated
system solutions that meet its customers’ needs for Network Enhanced
Capabilities (NEC).
Due to his international expertise in the field of Military Applications of
SAR THR Imagery, EADS Geo-Intelligence Solutions invited COL Dan RADUCANU to
perform courses in June 2009.
The German
Aerospace Center (DLR) is the national centre for aerospace, energy and
transportation research of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is engaged in a
wide range of research and development projects in national and international
partnerships. In addition to conducting its own research projects, DLR also acts
as the German space agency.
CGINT has developed with Prof. Dr. habil Mihai Datcu from DLR, proficient
scientific research cooperation. We realized fructuous activities and scientific
results from a number of joint collaborations, as for instance the European
Space Agency (ESA) project RoKEO, the Romanian national projects GeoINF and
RoSAR, or for many meetings and discussions at ESA in Frascati, Italy, European
Union Satellite Center (EUSC), in Madrid, Spain, Romanian Space Agency, and the
Military Technical Academy (MTA) in Bucharest, Romania.
The specific knowledge in image analysis and methods we elaborated inside CGINT
are now been included in the Knowledge based Image Information Mining (KIM)
system in the frame of collaboration with ESA, ROSA and Faculty of Electronics
and Telecommunications of University Politehnica, Bucharest.
In 2007, the MTA and CGINT staff visited the NGA College at Fort Belvoire to share educational experience regarding the IMINT/GEOINT ANALYSIS AND EXPLOITATION OF AEROSPACE IMAGERY AND GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION courses. NGC staff appreciates the way we apply the GEOINT doctrine developed by NGA in 2004.
The NATO Research
and Technology Organisation (RTO) promotes and conducts co-operative
scientific research and exchange of technical information amongst 28 NATO
nations and 38 NATO partners. The largest such collaborative body in the world,
the RTO encompasses over 3000 scientists and engineers addressing the complete
scope of defense technologies and operational domains.
This effort is supported by an executive agency, the Research and Technology
Agency (RTA), that facilitates the collaboration by organizing a wide range of
studies, workshops, symposia, and other forums in which researchers can meet and
exchange knowledge.
COL Dan RADUCANU, the coordinator of CGINT, is member from 2005 of MSG-049: M&S
systems for Civil Emergency Response Planning and Training. He provides
Geospatial and emergency reconnaissance techniques expertise.
Space Imaging
Middle East LLC (SIME) is a regional affiliate of GeoEye, the largest
commercial remote sensing company in the world.
Established in 1997, SIME started off by introducing high-resolution satellite
imagery to the Middle East region, operating from government-run ground
stations. Today, SIME, headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, is a leading
Geo-Spatial and GIS solutions provider throughout the Middle East, the Persian
Gulf, Eastern Africa and Central Asia.
SIME is the company that integrated GEOINT, GIS, and Working Flow Manager
software solutions inside CGINT to develop specific products and services.
Overwatch
Geospatial Systems is the industry leader in geospatial analysis and
exploitation solutions and services. The flagship products, RemoteView and ELT/
Series, provide a comprehensive range of capabilities, from high-powered
exploitation and mapping for geospatial analysts to image analysis tools for
tactical users. RemoteView is the CGINT preferred solution for the import,
viewing, analysis and reporting of national and commercial remote sensing data.
RemoteView combines high-speed processing chain technology with a carefully
refined user interface to enhance mission workflow and boost productivity on the
largest images, videos and data sets.