Tungsten
Tungsten

Software Development Kit

Building blocks for powerful still and motion imagery media applications

Designed for developers

Offers an extensive C++ API to operate on media from a range of sources including cameras, network streams, archives, and more.

Versatile architecture

Ideal for systems that require the capability to ingest, process, and deliver a large number of streams of video, audio, metadata, and annotation with minimal latency.

Adaptable, layered capabilities

Encoding and decoding, recording and playback, and advanced content-based retrieval and analysis via simultaneous media sources across many platforms.

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Unleash the full potential of your digital media

  • Build client-side, metadata-rich media consumption and server software 
  • Digitally encode motion imagery and metadata to MISB standards using encoding libraries and MainConcept codecs – no need for specialized video encoding software
  • Decode digital motion imagery and metadata for use directly in your software 
  • Make your solution MISB and STANAG compliant with core components including MISB metadata set libraries, Cursor-on-Target encoders/decoders, NITF libraries, and video codecs (view the MISB standards here)

The de facto ISR industry standard for motion imagery interoperability

  • Ideal for companies and platforms that demand flexible, superior, real-time digital media solutions
  • Contains a comprehensive bundle of sample applications including a full-featured media client and server, remote server management application, and media streaming application
  • Currently used in numerous cross-domain solutions to meet NSA Raise The Bar requirements
  • Available with get-you-started technical support and support cases
  • ITAR-free (EAR99)

Specifications

Encoding and Decoding

Video

  • HEVC/H.265 
  • AVC/H.264 
  • MPEG-4/H.263 
  • MPEG-2/H.262

Audio

  • MPEG-1/2 (MP3) 
  • AAC 

Metadata

  • KLV (SMPTE 336M-2001) 
  • Cursor on Target (CoT) 

Stream Formats

  • MPEG-2 Transport Stream 
  • MPEG-2 Program Stream 
Interoperability
  • Motion Imagery Standards Profile (MISP) 
  • STANAG 4609 
  • Cross Platform Support 
  • Customizable Interfaces 
GIS Utilities
  • Digital Elevation Models—DTED / SRTM / GTOPO30 
  • Four Corners Calculations 
  • Coordinate System and Height Conversions 
  • Geometric Types – WKT/WKB 
Media Transport
  • TCP 
  • UDP – Unicast / Multicast 
  • RTP / RTSP 
  • File 
  • Sliced File 
  • Archives 
  • JPIP 
  • Surge Media Acquisition Framework 
  • IPv6 
Metadata
  • MISB ST 0601 – UAS Datalink Metadata 
  • MISB ST 0102 – Security Metadata 
  • MISB ST 1107 – Geopositioning Metadata 
  • MISB EG 0104 – Predator Metadata 
  • Predator ESD 
  • MISB ST 0603/0604 – Synchronous Metadata 
  • MISB ST 0902 – Minimum Metadata Set 
  • MISB ST 1204 – Core Identifier 
  • MISB ST 0806 – RVT Data 
  • MISB ST 0602 – Annotation Metadata 
  • MISB ST 0808 – Ancillary Text Metadata 
  • MISB ST 0903 – VMTI Data 
  • MISB ST 1202 – Generalized Transformation 
  • MISB ST 1010 – Std Dev Corr Coef Matrix 
  • MISB EG 0801 – Photogrammetry Metadata 
  • MISB RP 0608 – Motion Imagery Identifier 
Image Formats
  • NITF (MIL-STD-2500C) 
  • NSIF (STANAG 4545) 
  • Bitmap 
  • JPEG 
  • JPEG 2000 
  • PNG 
  • TIFF 
  • RGB / Monochrome / YUV 
Video Display
  • DirectX 
  • OpenGL 
  • Video Overlays 
Programming Languages
  • C++ 
  • Java via the JNI 
  • C# via the CLI 
Architectures
  • Windows – x86/x64 – Visual Studio 
  • Linux – x86/x64 – GCC 
  • ARM – AArch64 – GCC 
DEVELOPER RESOURCES 
  • Extensive API Documentation 
  • Technical Support and Support Case Options 
SAMPLE APPLICATIONS – FULL SOURCE 
  • Media Client / Player 
  • Media Server 
  • Media Transcoding 
  • Media Streamer 

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Mission coordination and media mastery
for optimal decision support

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Assemble

For maximum efficiency

Collect, synchronize, and archive standards compliant data sets for mission workflow

Process

Manually or automatically

Enhance imagery and metadata for better accuracy, interpretation and workflows

Assess

For quick decision making

Improved comprehension of live and archived synchronized data to correlate observed activities

Deliver

In common formats

Mission tailored, reliable, derived information using open standards for maximum interoperability

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MMS Licensed Feature Options

Our baseline suite can be supplemented with additional TacitView and Catalina licensed features to meet your needs.

MMS Bundles

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One GCS. One operator. Full control.

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Specifications

Supported Standards

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Open Architecture

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Optional Plug-Ins

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Decreased Operator Workload

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Increased Situational Awareness

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Network Enabled for Collaboration

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Scalable Displays

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Sophisticated multimedia server

Power your media enterprise with Catalina server-side software

Improve metadata

Collect, index, filter, and edit mission-critical information

Manage multiple data sources

Handle dozens of simultaneous feeds and operations

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Specifications

Catalina Features
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  • Extensible, Plug-in Architecture
  • Media Catalog
  • Metadata Filtering & Editing
  • MISB-Compliant Formats & Standards
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  • Reticle™ Georegistration
  • Still Image and Video Mosaicking
  • Visual Enhancements

Added Functionality

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Integrations

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Transform imagery into actionable intelligence

TacitView delivers FMV media manipulation and management tools

Advanced analytics

Construct interpretable metadata-rich media

Intuitive workflows

Maximize productivity and enable next-gen motion imagery experience

Customizable capabilities

Meet your mission needs with specialized features

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TacitView Features
  • Debanding
  • Dehazing/Contrast Enhancement
  • HEVC/H.265
  • Mosaicking
  • Multi-INT, Geospatial Visualization
  • On-Screen Measurement Tools
  • Report Generation/Product Creation
  • Reticle™ Georegistration Integration
  • Stabilization
  • Super Resolution/Image Sharpening

Expandable With Catalina

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TacitView functions as a stand-alone application, integrates with our Catalina media server, and connects with other third-party software systems.

Baseline Features

View video streams, files, and still images and generate clips or secondary imagery products. Export while preserving or removing metadata as needed. Enable discovery, subscription, and publication of media.

Manage Imagery

TacitView processing tools enable enhancement and stabilization, while the viewer and interface can be used to tag live or post-mission imagery.

Easy Product Delivery

With full support for standards-based file and metadata formats, TacitView makes it simple to publish and distribute completed products to the appropriate decision-makers.

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