PRA Wins Awards at the DigitalGlobe Reseller Conference
February 26, 2004
For Immediate Release
San Diego, CA – February 26, 2004 - DigitalGlobe has recognized Photon Research Associates (PRA) as one of their top resellers by announcing that PRA performed best against sales quota, was the second largest reseller of QuickBird data in North America, and was the number one reseller of SPOT data in North America.
“PRA’s GIS Express service has grown dramatically over the last year because we provide customers with excellent one-stop service and competitive pricing,” said John Rasure, Senior VP. “Our fastest growing segment is the visual simulation market, with key customers such as Evans & Sutherland.”
“Evans & Sutherland has been building simulation databases for twenty-five years. One of our biggest challenges today is finding current and high quality imagery and elevation data in a timely manner,” said Gene Frazier, Senior Vice President, Evans & Sutherland. “GIS Express' one-stop-shop service has been tremendously effective in making this process easier for us while at the same time lowering our cost of acquisition and development.”
“We are proud to recognize PRA for their efforts in 2003 and understand the importance of PRA’s unique capabilities in serving our core markets.” said Herb Satterlee, President of DigitalGlobe.
GIS Express offers image solutions for visual simulation, broadcast media, engineering and mapping, environmental monitoring, agriculture, regional and local government and entertainment. GIS Express provides unbiased information on the best source of imagery and processing services along with offering the best price available.
PRA completed over seventy projects for the visual simulation market in 2003, including military training and simulation, commercial aircraft training, broadcast media, and entertainment.
About Photon Research Associates
PRA is a cutting-edge technology company with more than twenty-seven years of experience providing products and services in support of our national defense missions. Over this quarter of a century, PRA has been a leader in the development and application of physics-based modeling, simulation and analysis products and services for both government and commercial markets. Business areas span a number of applications of remote sensing technologies, products and services including: missile defense, surveillance/reconnaissance, intelligence data analysis, and stealth system design. PRA's intellectual property and business practices are indelibly etched throughout each of these important areas of our national security enterprise.
For information about GIS Express, call 800-850-5387 or visit the GIS Express web site at www.gisexpress.com. Visit the PRA website at www.photon.com.