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ITT Corporation
Space Systems Division
Active Imaging Solutions


Active Imaging Solutions, which provides active remote sensing solutions for the Natural Gas Industry, is part of ITT Space Systems Division.

ITT Space Systems Division is part of ITT Defense — a team of more than 15,000 people working around the world with one mission — to provide government and commercial customers with superior solutions for communications, sensing and surveillance, space and advanced engineering and integrated services. ITT Defense is part of ITT Corporation, a global $8 billion company of more than 40,000 people making advanced Defense, Fluid Technology (fluid and water treatment) and other industrial products and services that are "Engineered for life." To learn more, visit www.itt.com.

With over 50 years experience, ITT's Space Systems Division provides innovative remote sensing and navigation solutions to customers in the Department of Defense, Intelligence, Space Science, and Commercial Aerospace to help them visualize and understand critical events happening on the earth, in the air, or in space in time to take effective action. Leveraging comprehensive capabilities within the electromagnetic spectrum, Space Systems solutions span from image and data collection through processing and dissemination. Key applications include Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance; High Resolution Commercial Imaging Systems; Space Science; Meteorology and Earth Sciences; GPS Navigation; and Image and Data Processing and Dissemination. Headquartered in Rochester, New York, Space Systems employs over 2,600 people worldwide.

OFFERING
Our comprehensive offering ranges from multi-sensors, collection, through advanced high-speed processing and agile multi-path dissemination enabling end users to visualize and understand critical events happening on the earth, in the air and in space in time to take effective action:
  • Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems provide intelligence and defense customers with the ability to collect images and related information that is critical to our national security.

  • Decision support solutions provide productivity enhancements that help analysts generate, visualize, exploit and disseminate images and data. These solutions leverage and include leading software technologies, which provide data visualization, image processing and data analysis capabilities.

  • GPS Navigation systems and components have been part of every U.S. GPS navigation system ever launched and provide military and commercial customers with exact location information.

  • Sophisticated meteorological systems are used to track severe weather patterns for commercial and military applications.

  • High-resolution commercial imaging systems provide commercial customers with high quality imagery information for a variety of applications from municipal planning and development to environmental monitoring.

  • In earth and space science, Space Systems provide scientists and researchers with imagery and data necessary to understand our earth and universe.

CUSTOMERS
Space Systems serves commercial and government customers in the Department of Defense, Intelligence, earth and space science and Commercial Aerospace with one of the widest ranges of capabilities in the remote sensing and navigation industries. A legacy of expertise and imagery leadership allows Space Systems to deliver against specific needs.

Space Systems is committed to the design, manufacture and delivery of premier quality products via a workforce dedicated to environment, safety and health excellence. View our Quality Policy and Environment, Safety & Health policy.

LOCATIONS
With headquarters in Rochester, New York, Space Systems has locations throughout the U.S. including Boulder, CO., Clifton, NJ., Ft. Wayne, IN., and Washington, DC.

ACQUISITION
On August 13, 2004, ITT, Inc. (NYSE: ITT) announced that it purchased Eastman Kodak Company's Remote Sensing Systems operation to further grow their space business.

ITT provides the resources to expand on RSS' capabilities in key markets. By combining RSS' offering with its own meteorological and navigational space payloads, ITT created a new Space Systems Division, based in Rochester, New York (the former headquarters of RSS), within its Defense Electronics & Services segment, a world leader in developing and integrating a full spectrum of space-based sensors and data processing products for science, government and commercial applications.

About ITT Corporation
ITT Corporation (www.itt.com) is a diversified high-technology engineering and manufacturing company dedicated to creating more livable environments, enabling communications and providing protection and safety. The company plays an important role in vital markets including water and fluids management, global defense and security, and motion and flow control. ITT employs approximately 40,000 people serving customers in more than 50 countries. Headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., the company generated $9 billion in 2007 sales.