Presented to:

Inrelief.org X24
By
Tom Bleier
SkyIMD
408-314-5887
SkyIMD Company Confidential
Agenda

Introductions

EX24
• Mission overview
• Requirements
• Future imagery needs

Discussion
• SkyIMD Overview
• Q&A
• Next Steps
EX 24 IS&R Missions
Intelligence
 Creating actionable intelligence
 Real time, near real-time
 Support open standards
 Low cost dissemination
Surveillance
 Object tracking
 Scene tracking
 Standoff Capability
 Infra-Red and multi spectral sensors
Reconnaissance
 Searching grid patterns
 ID people in remote areas
 Auto detection of moving targets
Disaster response
 Hurricane
 Tornado
 Earthquake
 Tactical scene awareness
 Traffic conditions egress
 weather, large events
Imagery feature requirements
Get actionable imagery to as many people as
necessary as soon as possible
Easy to Use and learn
Increase reliability of search patterns
Quickly assess to intelligence imagery of key
points of interest post-disaster
Flexibility for use with different aircraft to
respond to fast ramp up
Low price
Near real time emails
Real time video
Add recipients while in the air
Support common files types : JPEG, KMZ,
Google earth, Google Earth Tour, ESRI, MPEG2,
MPEG4, Motion JPEG, Streaming servers
Make it easy to upload imagery
Include GEO meta date in images for actionable
information
Different crews – Different locations- time gaps
between missions
Missions set up with waypoints easily within
the application
Pre-programmed missions with waypoints for
sensors to automatically lock on
Portability to different aircraft in less than a
hour. Ability to overnight complete systems to
anywhere in US. Fast installation with STC.
More low cost systems = better coverage, faster
response, more flexibility
Sky IMD Management Team
Michael Reich, CEO
• 25 years of Silicon Valley senior management experience with
startups, Venture Capitalists, IFR Pilot
Henri Wolf, CTO
• 15 years of R&D EPA, NASA, Consulting for EPA, CARB, Jaguar,
Mercedes. Masters in Physics ,Technical University Delft, Netherlands,
Commercial Rated Pilot
Michael Esitgoy, Product Manager
• 20 years of software product development and UI Design. Broderbund
SW, Island graphics, Live Picture
Tom Bleier, VP Business Development
• 20 years of sales and marketing, 5 years avionics, Alcatel, Bay Networks,
Internet Devices, IFR rated pilot
SKYIMD
SkyIMD develops commercial turnkey aerial imaging solutions
with advanced technologies previously only available to military
customers.

• Founded in 2007 to develop and market technologies derived as part of a

NASA research project.
 The original project studied the application of new technologies for use in
manned aerial imagery solutions supported by an aerial broadband
network.
 Intended for use by state and local agencies such as disaster response,
and law enforcement.
• Privately Funded
• Based at KSQL San Carlos, CA
• Commercial version launched ‘Q1 2010
SkyFusion Pak
• Real Time Imagery
• Terrain map integration
• GPS enabled
• FAA STC-certified 172/182/206
•Turnkey
• Breakthrough capabilities at a
commercial price-point
Disaster Response
X24
CalEMA Golden Guardian 2010 Video
Rapid deployment
• Overnight entire system anywhere in US
• 20 minute install on pre cabled aircraft
• 3 hour STC install first time
Scan Plan – Scene track – high zoom
Near real time Geo coded images
• Take pictures and email them in minutes (JPEG and Google Earth)
Provide streaming video (3G, Microwave)
Summary: Short notice tasking and response
Wide range of sensor options

Sensor Resolution Lens HFOV

Sony FCB-EX980 630,000 Pixels 32x Optical Zoom + Digital 52⁰ (wide) / 1.73⁰(tele)
Zoom 40-60x

FLIR Photon 320 324x256 pixels (38µm 19mm 36⁰

pitch)

FLIR TAU 640 (Q4) 640x380 pixels (17µm 59mm 10⁰

pitch)

SWIR 640x512 pixels (25µm various various

pitch)

Sony FCB-H10 2MP 10x Optical Zoom (post flight 50⁰ (wide) 5⁰ (tele)
stabilization)
(1080i HD Video)

MegaPixel Digital Still 2448x2050 pixels (5MP) Various options Various options
(3.45µm pitch) color
Camera
Sophisticated features

• Share images in real time

• Track moving objects
• Pre programmed scan plans
• Include aircraft and image
location data
• Data/time stamp
• Distance between camera
and target object
• Aircraft GPS coordinates
• Altitude
• Overlay images on Google
Earth
Intuitive user interface

Automated path tracking

Switchable map layers
Gimbal status screen
Pre-flight operations

• Plan multiple missions in advance

•Pre-define target object path using GPS coordinates
•Pre-define Sensor Point of Interest (SPOI) using separate GPS
coordinates
In-flight operations

•Real-time video display of area

being surveyed
•3D moving map provides real-
time camera position and field
of view
•Switchable map layers
•One-click object tracking
•One-click scene tracking
•Display status information
•Switch seamlessly between
cameras, target paths and
SPOI
Airborne E-mails w/ Google earth images show the
area overview with camera field of vision
 Click on Google Earth camera icon for detailed photo’s

Operators on the ground and

command staff have immediate,
consistent information.

Includes: Imagery, date, time,

location of camera and image area,
elevation, range and field of view
information.

The images are grouped for

further post-flight analysis and
reporting.
Post-flight operations

•Compare or review image data

with previously captured
content
•Easy data management and
archiving
•Create .avi video of selected
image data
•Replay all visual information,
including moving map and
telemetry data
•Frame-by-frame review of
aerial intelligence
Google Earth Tours

1 fps images that can be uploaded via the internet

Free Google Earth viewer allows movie style playback and easy analysis
Flexible file output formats for fast, actionable analysis
JPEG
KMZ (Google Earth)
AVI video clips
SkyIMD video Viewer
Motion JPEG
MPEG 2, MPEG 4, H.264
Cockpit voice
Convert video to Google
Earth tour W/ EXIF Meta Data
Conversion to ESRI format
Fast, easy and free communications to X24
Email: near real time from air and post flight
Twitter: JPEG images with Geo data, links to videos, dynamic KML
X24 website: posting dynamic Google Earth image (KML) links
UStream from air and post flight, Twitter feed
SkyIMD UI – post flight review and selection of video segments, still
images with GEO data
X24 Lessons Learned
Imagery can be easily communicated to experts and analysts to
determine the scope of problems
 Are the bridges intact? Hospitals? What roads are impassable requiring
re-routing of emergency support personnel?
Timely imagery can be a force multiplier
Provide much faster response to time critical situations
Prioritize and distribute resources much more effectively
Several low cost imagery systems are better than one expensive
system.
 Backup, regional coverage, tasking support for more than the highest
priority issues.
Shared database systems are needed to identify imaging
tasking, analysis process and status with links to supporting
images and videos
Why SkyIMD? – Complete Systems Integration
We integrate best of breed technologies
into solutions that solve real problems.
• Hardware
 Sensors, gimbals, data processing
equipment, vibration mitigation
technology, file conversion, real time
communications, PODs, wiring, STCs
• Software
 Pre flight planning, in-flight ease of
use and communications, post-flight
data management, analytics
 Consistency, ease of use, analysis,
accessibility, communication,

• Documentation, training, best practices

 Hundreds of hours of flight testing,
optimization of aircraft procedures,
report generating, etc.
A breakthough in value, portabilty and functionality

•SkyIMD enables operators to

focus on generating imagery
rather than software
development and systems
integration.
•Real-time image
•Provides telemetry and geo-
spatial data with 3D map
overlays for context
•Images viewable with Google
Earth
•Intuitive, common-sense user
interface requires little training
Video resources

SkyIMD imagery
acquisition system
overview

www.Inrelief.org (Geo coded JPEGs on

Twitter,

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/skyimd
(Ustream Channel with live and post-flight
videos)

www.SkyIMD.com/EX24/KML/Skyimd.kml
(Dynamic Google Earth images of all US
exercise areas.)
http://www.skyimd.com/videogallery/index.ht
ml (Other videos showing operation of
system, pre-planning points of interest before
a disaster, HD footage of San Bruno Pipeline
explosion.)
 SkyFusion Pak is the most cost-effective and
advanced turnkey solution for real-time aerial
intelligence

Contact : Tom Bleier

tbleier@SkyIMD.com