IHS, Airbus Defence And Space Partner To Deliver Satellite Imagery Analysis

(RTTNews) - IHS Inc. (IHS) and Airbus Defence and Space announced a three-year partnership agreement that brings together two global leaders in the field of open source intelligence.

Under the agreement, Airbus Defence and Space will provide newly acquired imagery from its Pléiades, SPOT and TerraSAR-X satellites, for use as primary sources and fusion with open source information for actionable intelligence. It will also provide access to the GO Monitor service, which delivers reliable surveillance and change information anywhere on Earth.

The Airbus and IHS Aerospace, Defence & Security partnership brings together world leaders in insight and imagery to deliver a detailed picture of dynamic events in volatile regions worldwide.

IHS Aerospace, Defence & Security has been using imagery from Airbus Defence and Space for over two years, breaking significant news stories on a second Russian base in Syria, new developments in North Korea's nuclear programme as well as island building in the South China Sea.