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BOULDER, COLORADO—Vexcel Corporation today announced that is has completed its reformation as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation. Vexcel was acquired in May 2006 to complement Microsoft’s Virtual Earth offering with the addition of Vexcel’s expertise in aerial and close-range photogrammetry, as well as its technologies to create geospecific and geometrically accurate 3D city models. The acquisition provides Government organizations with highly specialized geospatial solutions.
Today’s announcement signals a commitment by Microsoft to fully leverage Vexcel’s areas of expertise to support Microsoft’s Virtual Earth mission and in doing so, offer customers an unsurpassed geospatial value chain that includes data acquisition products, sensor data processing services and products, and value-added processing services and products. Though not solely dependent on the Microsoft Virtual Earth platform, these Vexcel products and services will also complement and extend Microsoft’s core offering for geospatial data visualization, integration, analysis and dissemination.
“We are pleased to be able to announce the newly reformed Vexcel Corporation,” said Gary Salisbury, President, Vexcel Corporation. “Our staff of industry-leading remote sensing and geospatial experts combined with the backing of Microsoft, uniquely positions our organization to meet the evolving geospatial needs of today’s Public Sector agencies.”
Vexcel will continue to be headquartered in Boulder, Colorado and is planning a move to a new facility in the Boulder area to accommodate its future growth. Vexcel will report into Microsoft’s Public Sector Federal Services organization.
About Vexcel
Founded in 1985, Vexcel Corporation is a remote sensing company with headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. The company’s legacy offerings to government and commercial markets include turnkey satellite ground systems, a range of remote sensing imagery processing products, and advanced radar processing and geospatial services. The company was acquired by Microsoft Corporation on May 3, 2006.