Airbus Defence and Space and the German Ministry of Defence have signed a contract for the utilisation of TanDEM-X mission data, to update the digital elevation model (DEM) of the Bundeswehr (The Federal Defence Force of Germany). The agreement includes both licences for the utilisation of the global elevation data set covering the 150 Mio km² of the Earth’s landmass, and support services for data-management and data-editing, helping to access, edit, store and disseminate this volume of data. Additional support and training will also be provided under the agreement. The TanDEM-X DEM was acquired by the TanDEM-X Mission, which was realised as a Public Private Partnership between Airbus Defence and Space and the German Aerospace Centre (DLR). It provides a global, consistent, single-source and high-precision DEM. The 3D nature of the data provides an ideal visualisation tool indispensable for surveillance, reconnaissance and mission planning. The DEM also facilitates the interpretation of landscapes with high detail, which is essential for military engineering projects and operational planning including mapping of obstacles, line of sight estimation and flight path/possible landing site planning.
Contact Corne Eloff, Airbus Defence and Space, Tel 012 674-0140, corne.eloff@airbusds-optronics.com
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