Oceanography inks software deal

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- The Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NAVMETOCCOM) signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) Sept. 3 with California’s Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. (Esri). The geographic information systems company's software and system allows detailed geospatial data to be analyzed with all its time and geographic references, part of the Navy's "Battlespace on Demand." The three-year CRADA establishes a working relationship between Esri and NAVMETOCCOM, which has been an Esri software customer for more than a decade. NAVMETOCCOM, headquartered at SSC, is part of the Navy's Information Dominance Corps, and has 2,500 personnel stationed worldwide. (Source: NNS, 09/09/14)