SAIC [SAI] yesterday said it has acquired Science, Engineering and Technology Associates Corp. (SET), a small firm specializing in the development and commercialization of information and sensor technologies.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
SAIC said that SET will enhance its capabilities in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), in particular forward processing of sensor data, advance processing, exploitation and dissemination (PED) tools and technology, and real-time information integration. SET also brings with it a number of advanced technology systems including the CounterBomber, which integrates radar and video to detect concealed explosives on persons outside a bomb blast zone.
Other SET products include the Real-Time Aerial Video Exploitation System that can be used on a commercial personal computer for small unmanned aerial vehicle operators, the CompuView software that automatically measures crowd demographics from standard video feeds for retail businesses, the SET-Stablizer, which automatically produces stabilized video and mosaics from airborne video feeds in real time to improve the detection, tracking and recognition of objects on the ground, and SARScene, which automatically detects regions of interest in synthetic aperture radar imagery.
“This acquisition brings a team of highly talented staff and thought leaders in core domains to SAIC, as well as intellectual property and resources that will enable us to support multiple ISR programs simultaneously,” John Fratamico, who heads SAIC’s Technology and Advanced Systems business unit, said in a statement. “It will also significantly increase SAIC’s ability to develop and acquire advanced PED solutions to solidify SAIC’s position in the market, and broaden our leadership in development of next generation ISR enterprise solutions.”
SET said that joining SAIC will provide it the “reach and resources to meet growing international demand for our CounterBomber product.”
SET, which is based in Northern Virginia, has 80 employees. The company was founded in 2002 by a group of scientists who had been with the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.