Vantage is SDL’s primary tactical imagery exploitation software suite. This field‐proven application screens digital imagery from various tactical reconnaissance sensors and includes simultaneous support for multiple sensor types. Vantage provides for real‐ and near real‐time screening of digital image data from a live data link, solid state recorder, DVD/CD, or hard disk. In addition, Vantage provides a full featured database that can be used to quickly find NITF images based on an area (or point) of interest, a time query, or sensor type.

This software suite allows the image analyst to receive, decompress/compress, process, display, evaluate, exploit, and store imagery data; as well as create/disseminate processed image products. The Vantage software suite can also be customized to support data from multiple sensor formats.

Vantage Screener

Rapid display and exploitation of tactical imagery (supports NITF 2.1/2.0, SHARP, ATARS, TARS, Global Hawk, and many other experimental sensors)

Displays digital tactical imagery in a robust, near real-time NITF formatted waterfall of decimated imagery from a live data link, solid state recorder, DVD/CD, or hard disk

Vantage Ascent

Configures ground stations for evice interface management (Solid‐State Recorders, CDL interface, STANAG 4575, Ethernet feeds, etc.), sensor interface/processing, NITF formation, and database management

Vantage Soar

Interfaces with data received through SDL’s CDL Interface Box (CIB) command and control (load and play simulation CDL files, select CDL data rate, bit error rates, Built‐In Test (BIT) for CIB, advanced CDL statistics).

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