Imint and L-3 Communication Systems-West Partner to Meet Growing International Demand for Real-Time Aerial Video Intelligence

Uppsala, Sweden, February 7th, 2011 – The Swedish aerial video exploitation
software firm Imint and US- based L-3 Communications Systems-West, a leader
in high-speed digital communication systems that connect air, space and
ground systems, are partnering to provide enhanced video intelligence
exploitation from airborne surveillance. L-3 Communication Systems-West will
offer Imint’s unique Ihvert® real-time video enhancement and exploitation
software as an option on its immensely popular ROVER communication products
to meet rapidly growing demand to deliver, enhance and exploit real-time
aerial video intelligence directly to soldiers on the ground – a product
solution known as a Remote Viewing Terminal (RVT).

The parties today announced an agreement, in which L-3 Communication
Systems-West will offer the Imint Ihvert® products as an option on ROVER
products for receiving, enhancing, and exploiting live video and telemetry
from aerial reconnaissance systems. The driving force in this alliance is
the global emerging need of improved tactical situational awareness. The
combined technology will enable the full range of video reception,
enhancement, exploitation and reporting capabilities within one package. An
additional benefit comes from linking unique European and American
technologies to create an integrated product for a fast-growing
international market.

Real-time situational awareness is essential in today’s highly asymmetrical
conflicts. To meet this demand, every military force currently invests
heavily in manned and unmanned aerial reconnaissance assets, with
capabilities to transmit full-motion video around the clock directly to
commanders and soldiers to support rapid and more accurate decision making.

The L-3 Communication Systems-West ROVER products are key enablers to
deliver these video images from the air to all levels of command across the
battlefield, linking air and ground assets. To further improve this
time-critical decision-making process down to the level of the individual
dismounted soldier, L-3 Communication Systems-West can now include Imint’s
unique Ihvert® software for real-time enhancement and exploitation.

Several factors can degrade the visual quality of an airborne surveillance
system, such as vibrations, turbulence and bad weather. In the heat of a
battle situation, this can lead to incorrect conclusions that could result
in lethal action on noncombatants or missed threats leading to casualties.
The Ihvert® software compensates for the source’s environmental factors on
the receiving side, resulting in a more stable picture which enhances video
in real time and provides a crisp, stable picture that increases situational
awareness – the outcome is improved operational effectiveness and saved
lives.

Harald Klomp, Managing Director at Imint, commented, “This partnership is an
important milestone for our company. L-3 is a renowned leader in the field
of intelligence collection and communication, and we are excited to provide
an important piece of the puzzle in improving our mutual customers’
situational awareness.”

Imint’s lead product Ihvert® encapsulates the Vidhance® technology – the
latest research in motion image enhancement algorithms and in a way that
enables its use in real-time and in ordinary performance-constrained
portable systems. Ihvert® also adds useful features for field operations,
developed in partnership with Swedish armed forces. The market has responded
very well to the Ihvert® product because it offers a “weightless” solution
to the growing demand for quicker, safer and longer-range detection and
identification.