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GMES Space Program Reaches Important Development Milestone
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 01, 2007 Yesterday ESA's Member States participating in the GMES Program approved the transition to Phase-2 of Segment 1 of the GMES Space Component Program. Oversubscription of the program by the ESA Council at ministerial level in 2005 was confirmed, with oversubscription to phase 2 of 116%, giving a total amount of 500 million euros. This additional contribution to the program will allow ESA to confirm the development of the first three Sentinel satellites. Moreover, some countries, which were unable to confirm their contributions in time, are expected to subscribe later. The GMES Space Component Program is co-funded by the European Commission. Mr Volker Liebig, Director of Earth Observation Programs, says that, "With GMES, Europe will have a global environmental information system in place which will be unique in the world. Europeans can be proud of that fact. Indeed, other nations give GMES as an example of how operational Earth-observing systems can be used to provide critical information to decision-makers and citizens." ESA, which is responsible for the management and coordination of the overall GMES Space Component in Europe, will, as a result of this transition to Phase-2, be able to make progress on development of the Sentinel satellite series and, in particular, build Sentinel-1, -2 and -3, together with the necessary ground segment. Prior to launch of the ESA-built Sentinels, which is planned for 2011-12, ESA will coordinate the provision of EO data required by the GMES services currently implemented by the EC. This will help to gradually take GMES from the pre-operational phase to the fully operational stage once the Sentinel satellites are in place. GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) is an EU-led initiative aimed at implementing information services dealing with environment and security. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links GMES at ESA Bringing Order To A World Of Disasters A world of storm and tempest When the Earth Quakes
Northrop Grumman Completes Implementation Of Los Angeles Emergency Communication System
Mclean VA (SPX) Sep 28, 2007Northrop Grumman has completed the installation of a new computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system for improved emergency response for the City of Los Angeles. Northrop Grumman's Information Technology (IT) sector led the seven-year migration of the Los Angeles Police Department's (LAPD) legacy CAD system to an enhanced emergency command control communications system. The implementation included a new CAD system and Northrop Grumman's CommandPoint(tm) Mobile applications. |
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