Collaboration aims to develop next generation of video capabilities
07 January 2008
Essential Viewing Systems Limited has agreed to join forces with Lockheed Martin UK to develop the next generation of miniaturised, ultra-low bandwidth video streaming technology.Video streaming requires large amounts of bandwidth, making it difficult to transmit in high-quality over existing communications media. Now engineers from Essential Viewing Systems and Lockheed Martin UK are working together to develop new techniques in ultra-low bandwidth streaming, allowing for low-latency video to be transmitted without a significant loss of quality.
Les Gaw, Chief Operating Officer at Essential Viewing Systems said, “This agreement allows us to accelerate the development of our core video technology while leveraging the systems integration skills and expertise of Lockheed Martin UK to bring innovative solutions to market.”
Marshall Keith, Managing Director at Lockheed Martin UK – Integrated Systems & Solutions said: “Through this collaboration we will extend our capabilities and develop new ways of transmitting video across existing networks. The next generation of video streaming capability will have huge implications for many of our customers who need to share important information quickly and accurately.”
Demonstrations of a prototype capability have already been carried out in the Lockheed Martin Swift Laboratory in Farnborough, UK, where it forms a natural extension to Lockheed Martin UK’s existing imagery exploitation capabilities.
The UK armed forces, civil defence and transport agencies have already expressed an interest in integrating this revolutionary technology with their existing communication systems, and the technology will have numerous applications across different sectors.