01/02/2007 1 Galileo Avionica proposal for FP7 Galileo Avionica Galileo Avionica is is ready ready to to join join FP7 FP7 teams teams providing providing airborne airborne and/or and/or ground ground-based based hyperspectral hyperspectral data, data, collected collected by by means means of of the HYPER SIM.GA the HYPER SIM.GA hyperspectral hyperspectral camera, camera, already already tested tested and and ready ready to to operate operate. Galileo Avionica Galileo Avionica proposal proposal for for FP7 FP7 Galileo Avionica is a FINMECCANICA Company, leader in design and development of Hyperspectral Instruments for Science and Earth Observation (EO). The heritage coming from space programmes has been successfully applied to avionic applications; the result is the avionic HYPER SIM.GA camera, built and fully tested in several prototypes, which has already flown and is available for operations. Galileo Avionica has capabilities to offer not only skills on hardware but also on data calibration, data processing, and management of flight campaigns and field spectrometry. Provided that hyperspectral imaging is an important auxiliary tool for EO and that many Scientific Institutions in Europe have already shown a strong interest in hyperspectral approach for environmental monitoring,