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March 10th, 2009

Getting Geo-Spatial Goodies Is 21st Century Systems


21CSI homepage banner 21st Century Systems, Inc. (21CSI) has entered into an agreement with Infoterra GmbH (Infoterra) as U.S. distributor of its satellite based synthetic aperture radar (SAR) TerraSAR-X Services.

21CSI will market, distribute, service and support data and data processing capabilities from Infoterra in the U.S., a market that is estimated to be $100 million annually. As such, the agreement allows the companies to create a comprehensive offering to a broad marketplace that includes defense, homeland security and commercial applications. Under this agreement, 21CSI will distribute data products and derived services from the high-resolution TerraSAR-X satellite. TerraSAR-X delivers responsive, highly accurate geo-spatial data that is daylight and weather independent. Once downloaded, 21CSI will process the data, placing it in the proper format and modifying it per customer specifications. 21CSI’s currently provides IT products to U.S. customers including Department of Defense (DoD) and other agencies pertaining to Homeland Security and Civil Defense. The company intends to leverage its current client base in the effort to expand demand for TerraSAR-X Services in the U.S. In addition to government agencies, customers with a need for studying climate changes and weather patterns are expected, along with many others that rely on high resolution images of the earth’s surface for everything from day-to-day tasks to major undertakings.