and aerospace software founded 1992 headquarters ottawa ontario canada area served global key people ranald mcgillis president robert aube vice president products terralens formerly intermaphics i sim intercom dds iris uas number of employees 45 parent kongsberg gruppen kongsberg defense & aerospace website http www.kongsberggeospatial.com kongsberg geospatial is a situational awareness and geospatial visualization software company located in ottawa ontario canada . it was founded in 1992 as gallium visual systems inc. and purchased in 2006 by norwegian defence firm kongsberg gruppen . 1 2 it currently operates as a subsidiary of kongsberg defence & aerospace 3 and in 2012 officially changed its name to kongsberg gallium ltd. 4 in 2016 the company changed its name again to kongsberg geospatial . 5 their current office is located in the kanata research park with many other high tech and it companies . kongsberg geospatial primarily sells to the defence market but has also created software for air traffic management air traffic control simulation and training and vessel traffic management applications . its primary customers are government and military or prime contractors . contents 1 products 2 notable projects 3 community involvement 4 references products edit kongsberg geospatial offers a family of software development kit sdk products directly to customers or uses them as the basis for turn key solutions and applications . the company also sells standalone applications for air traffic control training and simulation and for operating unmanned aerial vehicles uavs beyond visual line of sight bvlos . terralens terralens formerly intermaphics was first created in 1992 as one of gallium visual systems first products . it is a software development kit used for the development of custom user interface and real time mapping applications . it can use a variety of map formats and platforms to provide situational awareness and geospatial visualization information . 6 the sdk is currently in its 8th generation and is used as the basis of many of the company s applications . iris uas iris uas is a standalone application created to provide uav pilots with spatial awareness and warning of airspace conflicts when piloting uavs beyond visual line of sight . intercom dds intercom dds is an open standard middleware for data distribution . it is built to allow developers to define and share real time data across systems networks platforms and processors . kongsberg geospatial participates in dds standards groups created by the object management group . as such intercom dds can be used with any omg rtps protocol compliant device . isim isim is an air traffic control trainer used for air traffic control training air space analysis hmi development and uav integration . it was developed to provide the radar simulation for the us national airspace system nas . it is the only system that uses the same display and user interface as the automation systems in faa air traffic control centers . it is based on intermaphics . notable projects edit over 20 years kongsberg geospatial has provided software to a number of projects including air u.s. army theatre high altitude air defense finnish air defense system polish coastal air defense system japanese ballistic missile defense system nato airborne warning and control system nato advanced early warning & control system triton & firescout uav ground control stations an tps 70 air defense radar system nasams norwegian advanced surface to air missile system naval u.s. navy aegis u.s. navy littoral combat ship spanish navy f105 aegis japanese aegis modernization canadian patrol frigate australian air warfare destroyer norwegian ula class submarine canadian navy sirius sensor land army battle management system usmc an tps 80 ground air task oriented radar us army joint battle command platform 7 vehicle integrated combat system aegis ashore air traffic management systems carrier and amphibious air traffic control system nav canada canadian automated air traffic system raytheon autotrac iii atm system telephonics aerotrac atm system uk nats scottish oceanic system air traffic control simulation and training faa cami advanced atc research simulator faa air space design team usn carrier embedded atc trainer 8 community college of beaver county middle georgia college surveillance vessel traffic management system port surveillance c2 system off shore oil field situational awareness pal airborne maritime patrol system u.s. coast guard national security cutter community involvement edit kongsberg geospatial contributes to the ottawa hospital and over the past six years has raised over 250 000 9 in 2014 these efforts resulted in a best ottawa business award for philanthropic initiative of the year . 10 references edit https www.kongsberggeospatial.com company news media 27 kongsberg gallium announces name change now kongsberg geospatial canadian embassy in norway kongsberg buys gallium software kongsberg buys gallium software of canada northrop grumman corporation law department ivey christopher . kongsberg geospatial mission critical geospatial technology kongsberg gallium announces company name change to kongsberg geospatial . www.kongsberggeospatial.com . retrieved 2016 02 05 . army selects intermaphics as its mapping engine for jbc p army selects intermaphics as its mapping engine for jbc p http www.norfolknavyflagship.com news quarterdeck carl vinson unveils new carrier air traffic control simulator article 1fbd0ab8 f5ec 11e5 bb68 fb66809062fb.html kongsberg gallium whit coat campaign best ottawa business award winners performance retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kongsberg gallium ltd. & oldid 744361231 categories 1992 establishments in ontariocompanies based in ottawakongsberg gruppensoftware companies of canadatechnology companies established in 1992geographic data and information companies navigation menu personal tools not logged 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