Microsoft and photogrammetry software developer SimActive have partnered to demonstrate a cloud solution for real-time data processing, analysis, and decision-making for global defense and intelligence. Per the agreement, the companies will use SimActive’s Correlator3D software to process drone imagery and generate mapping products on the Microsoft cloud platform. Unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as other sensors, can be processed via a tactical cloud platform to enhance decision advantage and support survivability in a dispersed nodal command and control environment, the companies said. They added that cloud computing offers unparalleled scalability, agility, and accessibility for information-driven operations. Further, Jonathon Beesley, director of business strategy and worldwide public sector defense and intelligence at Microsoft, said that development of the solution comes at a time when the number of intelligence data points and multiples of sensor feeds requiring processing is rapidly increasing.