Woburn, MA: Paragon Imaging, leading developers of image processing software, announced today that they are part of a team that has been selected for Phase I of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's Softcopy Search Program. The team, headed by Eastman Kodak Company, also includes: Hewlett Packard, Idelix Software and Toshiba e-Solutions Company.

The objective of the Softcopy Search Program is to provide NIMA, imagery intelligence producers throughout the Department of Defense, and other U.S. government agencies with the capability to conduct the search of intelligence and commercial softcopy imagery effectively and efficiently. If deployed, the solution would revolutionize NIMA's imagery operations.

Under Kodak's leadership the team's state-of-the-art technologies will be merged to deliver a focused, high-performance integrated solution to meet NIMA's requirements. The foundation of the team's solution combines Paragon's premier ELT software with Intergraph's GIS software into a single integrated platform. In addition, Idelix offers their unique in-context magnification technology. To run the solution, Compaq and Toshiba provide their best-in-class workstations and display platforms, in order to provide NIMA a broader assessment of performance.

"Working together with a world-class team on a solution for the premier imagery agency in the U.S. Government is very exciting," states John Connors, Vice President of Sales at Paragon Imaging. "The development work that we do for the Softcopy Search program will drive the future development of our ELT products to the next level, which will firmly secure our place as the industry leader of image processing software."

Currently, the team has provided a prototype of their Softcopy solution to NIMA for testing and evaluation. In Phase 2, the team will be asked to continue development on the solution based on feedback from NIMA's imagery analysts.

About NIMA

A major combat support agency of the Department of Defense and a member of the Intelligence Community, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency provides timely, relevant and accurate imagery, imagery intelligence and geospatial information in support of national security objectives. Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., NIMA operates major facilities in the Washington, D.C., and St. Louis, Mo., areas and services a wide array of customers through liaisons and support teams stationed around the world.

About Paragon Imaging

Headquartered in the northern Boston suburb of Woburn, Massachusetts, Paragon Imaging is a leading provider of image processing software for government, defense, and related markets. Their suite of products, built on 15 years of experience, provide analysts with essential tools to exploit critical information from digital images, to link other associated information with these images, and to support sharing the processed analysis with decision makers and other information consumers

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