New remote sensing lab to help USAF better exploit SBIRS, weather data

By Courtney Albon / June 10, 2016 at 10:36 AM
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center is using a new data utilization lab to explore additional applications for its remote sensing data, including information received from the Space-Based Infrared System and from military and commercial weather assets. Col. Kerri Mellor, chief of the remote sensing directorate's exploitation capabilities division, told Inside the Air Force this week that while these assets have dedicated missions, they collect rich data that may have utility for other mission areas. "We have...

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