U.S. Army BuckEye Team Receives 2006 Geospatial Achievement Award from USGIF
16 November 2006
Captain James E. Richards, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, received the 2006 Geospatial Achievement Award on behalf of the BuckEye Team, U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center at the annual United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) annual symposium event held this year at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando, FL. The BuckEye Team received the military achievement award for its contributions to enhancing the geospatial capability of coalition forces in the Global War on Terrorism by producing a system that provides high-resolution imagery for use in detecting ground changes, creating detailed maps and obtaining intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information. Born out of the need for a field expedient change-detection system, the BuckEye system provides war fighters with exceptional situational awareness and aids in mission planning, rehearsal and execution.
