6 Aug 2012

U.S. ARMY NORTHERN COMMAND’S DEFENSE SUPPORT TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES SYSTEM MANAGES CIVILIAN EMERGENCY SUPPORT REQUESTS

This summer, as wildfires burned relentlessly in Colorado, the Department of Defense (DoD) assisted the in the fight to save civilian lives and property. Using refitted military cargo aircraft, 3,000 gallons of fire retardant were dropped at a time in advance of these fires to slow their spread.

24 Apr 2012

U.S. ARMY GEOSPATIAL CENTER RELEASES “HyDRA” SMART DEVICE APP

The U.S. Army Geospatial Center (AGC) and Engineer Research and Development Center recently released the Hydrologic Data Resources Application (HyDRA) - a Web-based data survey and analysis tool created to provide the Dept. of Defense (DoD) logistics and geospatial intelligence-related water communities with information on water resources data collection, visualization and dissemination in a mobile, enterprise-enabled environment.

19 Jan 2010

U.S. ARMY GEOSPATIAL CENTER SUPPORTS HAITIAN RELIEF EFFORTS

The U.S. Army Geospatial Center’s Hydrologic and Environmental Analysis branch compiled earthquake, water and geology maps, as well as a number of other data sets and made them available via the AGC’s public and internal Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Web sites in support of U.S. humanitarian efforts to Haiti.

5 Aug 2009

Centerville resident R. Lee Hadden selected DTIC® User Council vice president

Centreville resident R. Lee Hadden, a technical information specialist at the Engineer Research and Development Center’s Topographic Engineering Center (ERDC-TEC) was recently selected as vice president of the Defense Technical Information Center® (DTIC®) User Council.

15 Aug 2008

U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center and ESRI Collaborate on Geospatial

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Topographic Engineering Center (ERDC-TEC), and Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) will collaborate to design and build innovative prototypes to demonstrate the next generation of geospatial technology in U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Battle Command applications. TEC and ESRI signed a cooperative research and development agreement for the project this month.

29 Jan 2007

Zimmerman and Pérez receive Superior Civilian Service Awards

Zimmerman, chief of TEC’s Topography, Imagery, and Geospatial Research Division was cited, “for his contributions as a leader and advocate in geospatial engineering research, development, and applications that will have a lasting effect on the Army and the scientific community.”