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BAE Systems Demonstrates Secure Geospatial Intelligence Tool For Potential DoD, IC Customers

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, October 16th, 2018

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BAE Systems Demonstrates Secure Geospatial Intelligence Tool For Potential DoD, IC Customers

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BAE Systems said Tuesday it completed a successful demonstration of its latest software to seamlessly share data from its geospatial intelligence platform at military cyber secure levels, amid growing interest from the Pentagon and U.S. intelligence community.Company officials tested the XTS Guard 5 information sharing software for its Geospatial eXploitation Products (GXP) earlier this spring at an exercise organized by the office of the under secretary of defense.“XTS Guard allows analysts and operators to share information in real time vs.…

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