RainStorm®Advanced Precision

Targeting

touser-specifiedboundariesandtotalquantityorspacingbetweenpoints.Resultingpointscanbeaddedtoagraphicaloverlay.

Enhanced User Toolset

ImageSearchallowsasearchforstoredimagery.Imagerycanbefoundbycoordinate,referencepeg,orthecenterofanopenwindow.

ImageLinksynchronizesthelocationofmultipleimagesbyscrollbarmovements,orientation,and/ordisplayofstoredfeatures.

MultipleImagePointenablesprecisepositioningusingmultipleimagesources.CoordinatescanbecalculatedwithorwithouttheuseofNationalGeospatialIntelligenceAgency(NGA)stereoimagery.

ImageRegistrationprovidesamethodtoadjustasingletargetimagetothereferenceimagery.Targetimagescanbenationalortactical.Adjustmentimprovesoverallmensurationaccuracy.

Reduced-ResolutionDataSet(R-Set)generationprovidesauserfasteraccesstoreduced-resolutionimagestoquicklylocatetargets.

RainStorm®

RainStormisaphotogrammetriccommercial-off-the-shelfsoftwaretooldesignedtosupporttargetingforprecisionguidedweapons.Theprogramintegratesprecise3-Dlocationandfeaturedata,anddigitalterraindatausingstereoandmonoscopicimagery.

ThesoftwareprogramusesallavailableimagerysourcestolocateapointrelativetotheEarth’ssurfaceandderivepreciselatitude,longitude,elevation,anderrorestimatesforprecisionmunitions,includingcoordinate-seekingweapons.RainStormautomatesandintegratesthepassingandsharingofthisinformationtoothertargeting,visualization,andmissionplanningsystems.

Easy-to-Use Interface

RainStorm'seasy-to-useinterfaceprovideseasyaccesstothemostoftenusedcommands.Thestatusbarreportsstatusmessages,WebServicesmensuration(measurement)requests,latitude/longitude,elevation,CircularError/LinearError(CE/LE),zoom,androtation;whilethestandardizedtoolbarenablesquickaccesstothemostfrequentlyusedtoolstoenhanceproductivitywithoutbeingintrusive.

Avarietyofmethodstomanipulateimagedisplay,suchasZoomInOnRegion,andsliderbarcontrolsforimageenhancementsalsoaddstouserproductivity.TheAutoRotateStereoandAutoEnhanceoptionsreduceworkloadandspeedpointmensurationbyrotatingstereopairs,andenhancingimagebrightnessandcontrastautomatically.

Graphicalfeatureoverlaysprovidealogicalassociationoffeatures.Featurescanbeaddedtoanoverlay,whichcanthenbetoggledtodisplayonselectedimagery.Userscanspecifyavarietyofoverlayproperties.Additionally,graphictooltipsprovide

descriptionsofgraphicalfeaturesbyhoveringthecursoroveragraphic(suchasaproductboundary).

Adynamicoverviewlocatorallowstheusertoquicklynavigatetoareasoutsideofthecurrentlydisplayedportionoftheimage.

Targetscanbederivedbyseveralmethods,includingtrueStereo,Anaglyph,Split-Screen,andMultipleImagepointmensuration.

Automated Tasks

Duringtime-criticaltargeting,imageregistrationistypicallythemosttime-consumingprocess.RainStorm’sautomatictiepointselectionregistersthetargetimagetothestereoimageryusingautomaticfeatureextractionandcorrelationtechniquestomatchthesourceimagerywithinseconds.

Theassistedtiefunctionauto-maticallylocatestiepointsinasecondimagewhenatiepointisselectedinoneoftheimagesbeingregistered.

Multipleaimpointgenerationallowsgenerationofapatternofpointsoverageographicalarea,according

RainStorm software allows military planners to derive accurate coordinates for precision munitions.

ImageryIndexingServices

MensurationManagement

Services

TargetingCoordination

Services

RainStorm®Cloud

Local ImageServer

TargetingWorkstation Targeting

Workstation

TargetManagement

Tablet TargetMonitoringApplication

RainStorm is designed to work on ruggedized systems, as well as other hardware options.

RainStorm supports a network centric environment.

NGA Validated

RainStormisNGA-validatedforpointmensurationonbothNGAstereoimageryandnationalimageryregisteredtoNGAstereoimagery.

Input/Output

Supportedimageformatsincludenationalimagerytransmissionformat(NITF)v2.1andlower,JPEG/JPEG2000,TIFF/GeoTIFF,andsunrasterformat(RAS).

ThePowerPointandHTMLExportcreatesasnapshotofanimagewithalldisplayedfeatures,overlays,andtextblocksoftargetdata.

TargetdatacanbeexportedtoaspecifiedlocationondiskinComma-separatedValues(CSV),CursoronTarget(CoT),TARGTI.rcv,XML,andAmericanStandardCodeforInformationInterchange(ASCII)formatsforimportintootherapplications.

ImageryandgraphicaloverlayscanbeexportedinGeographicDXF,UTMDXF,screencapture,NITFchip,andShapefile.

Multiple Interfaces

Animprovedmensurationengineplacesmeasurementfunctionsinaseparatelibrarytosupportpointmensurationtechniques.ThisarchitecturalenhancementenablesfutureversionsofRainStormtoreadilyincorporatefunctionsprovidedbytheCommonGeopositioningServiceslibrary,whenavailable.

RainStormsupportsnetworkcentricprocessing,anessentialcomponentofTime-CriticalTargeting.Byusingindustrystandardsandthelatestwebservicetechniques,communicationwithRainStormisvirtuallylimitless.Thisallowscollaborationwithmissionplanningtoolstocompressthe“killchain.”Client-serverwebservicesefficientlycoordinateavailableworkstationstoprocessmensurationrequests,managetheworkload,andkeepaneventlog.

RainStorm'sTargetFilesEditorallowsimportandexportoftaskedtargetdatafromsystemsthatgeneratetargetfilessuchasJointMissionPlanningSystemandthePrecisionGuidedMunitionsTargetDataBase(PGMTDB).RainStormdisplaystargetdatafromthedailyAirTaskingOrderonreferenceimagery,givingtheuseravisualrepresentationoftheplan.Theeditorcanbeusedtoverify,confirmaccuracyof,andedit/updatetargets.UpdatescanthenbeexportedoveranetworkasanRCVorXMLfiletootherplanningsystems.

CursoronTargetisadatastrategyforenablingDoDsystemstoexchangemuchneededtime-sensitiveinformationincluding

locationand“what,”“when,”and“where”information.TheRainStormCoTfunctionallowsuserstosendcoordinatelocationstoaCoTserverortosavetheinformationinanXMLfile.

TheJointTargetingToolboxinterfaceschemeallowsaRainStormoperatortoretrieveandprocesscoordinatemensurationrequestsandprovidesaninterfacetothemilitary.

TheSocket-BasedAPI(legacyAPIfromRainDrop)providesabasicsetoffunctionsallowinginteractionwiththeRainStormapplication—usedbyNGA,FalconView,andothers.TheSocketAPIcannowaccessRainStormrunningonadifferentworkstationbysupplyingtheinternetprotocoladdressofthetargetmachine.

ExtensibleMarkupLanguage(XML)providesanopeninterfacetoreadandwriteXMLdocumentsviacommandlineoptions.

RainStorm'sWebServicesisanopeninterfaceusedtoretrieveandprocesscoordinatemensurationrequests—usedbytheAutomatedDeepOperationsCoordinationSystem,theJointGlobalCommandandControlSystem,TerraSight,andothers.

RainStorm® Options

Customized Hardware

• PCsbuilttoyourspecifications

• Ruggedizedsystems

• Diskarrays

• Laptops

Servers

• Webserver

• Databaseserver

• Applicationserver

Training

• In-house

• On-site

• Customizedcourses

Custom Integration Services

NorthropGrummanhasthecapabilitytodesign,develop,andsupportfullymissionizedsystemsandsubsystemstosatisfyafullarrayofcustomerneeds.Thesecapabilitiesprovidemilitaryleaderswiththesolutionsandsystemsnecessarytolinkground,air,andseadefensesystemsinnear-realtimeoncollaborative,commandandcontrolbattlemanagementandsensorplatforms.

Summary

RainStormisacommercial-off-the-shelfsoftwaretoolthatcanbeusedtoquicklyaccessandexploitdigitalimagerytoprovideaccuratecoordinatesforprecisionguidedmunitions.Thesoftwarecanbepurchasedinsingleormulti-userlicensepackagesandavarietyoftrainingoptionsareavailable.

Minimum Operating Requirements

WindowsXP/Win7

300MBDiskSpace

512MBMemory

1GHzProcessor

3-buttonMouse

CD/DVDReader

Stereocapablevideocard*

Stereocapablemonitor(1024x768at120Hz)*

Stereoviewingequipment*

*Onlyrequiredforstereoviewing

Features

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For more information, please contact:

NorthropGrummanCorporationAerospaceSystemsTim Parsons Phone:850.729.6320email:rainstorm@ngc.comwww.northropgrumman.com/rainstorm

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