GEOINT 2017
South America can be GEOINT experiment lab, military leader says
South America’s unique position in the world presents the opportunity to test out and develop new GEOINT capabilities, said U.S. Navy Adm. Kurt Tidd, leader of U.S. Southern Command.
MDA seeks to provide extensive support to U.S. intelligence and defense agencies
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — MDA Corp.’s pending acquisition of DigitalGlobe will enhance the firm’s ability to offer U.S. defense and intelligence agencies not only imagery, but analysis and answers, said Rob Zit…
Harris working on $500 million contract to improve geospatial intelligence searching
The contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency seeks to allow analysts "to search and retrieve data from intelligence systems faster and more efficiently."
Earth-i plans constellation to provide high-definition video imagery in color
Earth-i’s new constellation will allow customers to task the onboard imager to gather still or video imagery of targets of interest, capturing videos of 25 to 30 frames per second.
Q&A: NGA’s Diana Hughes has big expectations for small businesses
"We are looking for innovation. New companies spring up around great new ideas. We are looking for that kind of out-of-the-box thinking," Hughes said.
GEOINT could help revolutionize logistics, top general says
New technology for satellite imaging and tracking will help the military more efficiently move and deploy troops and hardware, the head of U.S. Transportation Command said.
U.S. government should reduce impediments to commercial space innovation
Relaxing regulations and lowering some of the hurdles that discourage private firms from working with federal agencies would bolster innovation, according to panelists at the 2017 GEOINT Symposium.
Cardillo: NGA must do more to study North Korea
NGA doesn’t “have a higher priority” than North Korea, and is putting “everything that we can into” the country, the director said.
Shatner stops by GEOINT 2017, pitches NASA TV program
Best known for his role on Star Trek, William Shatner wants to feature the next generation of NASA scientists.
Planet adding its imagery to Harris ENVI platform
Planet announced plans June 5 to offer data from its constellation of global Earth-imaging cubesats through Harris Geospatial’s ENVI desktop platform, which means customers will be able to use the data with ENVI image-analysis software to detect day-to-day changes, classify objects and extract geographic features.
Descartes unveils geospatial machine-learning platform
The platform pulls in remote-sensing data from a variety of sources, which customers can search by location or time to identify objects and forecast change.
Don’t forget armed forces in the field, expert tells GEOINT conference
Some GEOINT tools won't work on the battlefield, says Patrick Biltgen, the technical director of analytics for Vencore.
DigitalGlobe adding Radarsat imagery to geospatial big data platform
DigitalGlobe announced plans June 5 to augment its cloud-based geospatial big data platform, GBDX, with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data from Radarsat-2, a satellite launched in 2007 by the Canadian Space Agency and MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates, the firm that announced plans in February to acquire DigitalGlobe.
Annual GEOINT meeting begins amidst explosion of capabilities
Leaders from across the government, military, academic and commercial sectors will meet for the GEOINT Symposium June 4-7, at a time when geospatial capabilities are expanding and evolving as never before.
