DigitalGlobe, a leading global content provider of high-resolution world imagery solutions, today announced that it has entered into a direct access agreement and strategic alliance relationship for sales, marketing and customer support, with European Space Imaging Space Imaging Middle East. The agreement is DigitalGlobe’s fourth international direct access program agreement.
The agreement provides for a direct access facility to be located near Munich, Germany, and for joint sales and marketing of WorldView-1, WorldView-2 and other products and services within the European and Middle East markets. Commercial operations for the Munich DAF are expected to commence in the first quarter of 2010. Effective immediately, EUSI and SIME have also been appointed as authorized distributors of DigitalGlobe products and services for Europe and the
Middle East.
The direct access and strategic alliance agreement is subject to receipt of pending U.S. Government regulatory approvals.