A multi-engine, instrument rated pilot, James Wynbrandt has been an AIN and Business Jet Traveler contributor since 2003. His in-depth reporting and insightful features have won more than a dozen editorial honors, including two National Business Aviation Association Gold Wing Awards (2019; 2021), and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Barron’s, Fortune, Forbes, and Smithsonian Air &amp; Space. He has flown his Mooney M20K 252 on assignments throughout North and Central America and the Caribbean. Wynbrandt is also the author of Flying High (Wiley &amp; Sons), a biography of Jet Blue founder David Neeleman, as well as histories, references works, and books on a variety of other topics from major publishers. He lives in New York City.

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Hexagon Geospatial, known for advanced visual analytics, demonstrated at the 2018 Farnborough Airshow its expanded capabilities and offerings for the aviation industry enabled by its October acquisition of Belgium’s Luciad, a supplier of geospatial information tools. U.S.-based Hexagon’s geospatial information systems can be harnessed to third-party platforms to provide a front end capable of displaying highly detailed forecasts or real-time data for military and civil applications.&nbsp;

 


“Anyone looking at logistics resupplying, weather avoidance, mission planning, or real-time data management can exploit these products,” said Tony Wheeler, director of the defense sector at Hexagon Geospatial and a retired Royal Air Force wing commander.

 


Hexagon's LuciadRIA browser app enables developers to create interactive intelligence applications and provides a configurable API that supports custom data feeds with desktop-like visualization of imagery, satellite pictures, vector-based data, and dynamic content. Among its myriad capabilities, the app can help airlines pick out the best routes for their fleets based on forecast or real-time data, as well as allow military planners to manage combat operations and mitigate mission risks.&nbsp;

 


LuciadLightspeed, a modular desktop solution, provides the foundation for advanced geospatial analysis applications. This includes providing a common operational picture to command staff, sharing tactical plans in night vision goggle (NVG) format, and exploring twitter feeds for trend analysis and security of major events.&nbsp;

 


For access to data in the field and disconnected environments,&nbsp;Android-based LuciadMobile offers intuitive touch-based access to applications, and can integrate peripheral devices like a compass and camera into situational awareness applications.

 


LuciadFusion is an all-in-one geospatial data management and publication solution, able to handle multi-gigabyte shapefiles and quickly share them.

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