The Boeing Co. has bought a California company that makes image sensing and analysis equipment and software used on drones.
The company, 2d3 Sensing, had been owned by OMG, which specializes in motion imagery processing for aerial platforms.
2d3 Sensing’s equipment and services are used on two drones — the ScanEagle and the Integrator — made by another Boeing subsidiary, Insitu, which is based in Bingen.
“Insitu has a long history with 2d3 and by integrating them into the team, we can further leverage the unique capabilities the company offers,” Insitu president and CEO Ryan Hartman said in a news release from Boeing. “The services they provide highlight ways in which computer vision and image processing technologies can be used to enhance and analyze full motion video data captured and recorded during live missions. We look forward to incorporating such improvements into our unmanned vehicles.”
2d3 Sensing has about 40 employees in California and the United Kingdom.
Dan Catchpole: 425-339-3454; dcatchpole@heraldnet.com; Twitter: @dcatchpole.
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