The U.S. military over the last five years has deployed a host of new unmanned aerial systems to help keep deployed forces safe with persistent video surveillance. But the development of the ground systems for exploiting this windfall of new data has lagged behind.rnThe U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has spent the last several years developing standards to inform the design of systems to collect, analyze and distribute this information. With several proof-of-concept demonstrations under its belt, the agency is now poised to begin fielding some new video-analysis tools to troops over the next one to two years, said U.S. Navy Cmdr. Joseph Smith, military deputy at NGA's sensor assimilation division. He would not comment on any specific acquisitions or say which companies are developing these tools.
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