In April 2017, arms control experts said these Planet images showed where the United States, United Kingdom and France fired missiles on suspected chemical weapons facilities in Damascus, Syria. Credit: Planet

Planet to acquire software specialist Boundless Spatial

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Earth observation company Planet plans to acquire Boundless Spatial Inc., a geospatial software specialist “to accelerate the adoption by government and enterprise customers of commercial geospatial information services,” said Robbie Schingler, Planet co-founder and chief strategy officer.

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As MDA joins the Maxar Technologies’ family, which includes DigitalGlobe with its WorldView constellation, “we are looking at how to unlock the market that can benefit from the combined use of RadarSat and optical WorldView imagery in ways that were not envisioned before or were difficult to achieve from two independent companies,” said Dave Belton, vice president of MDA’s Geospatial Services Group. Credit: MDA

Not convinced of the promise of commercial radar satellites? Meet the radar mafia.

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Startups backed primarily by private venture capital have announced plans to launch dozens of small SAR satellites within a decade to take advantage of the miniaturization of electronics.

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NGA official: Artificial intelligence is changing everything, ‘We need a different mentality’

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NGA is modernizing its cloud architecture “to allow our analysts to live in the data."

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Josh Nauman, Harris chief solutions engineer demonstrates Distributed, All-source Geospatial analytics Resource at the 2018 GEOINT Symposium in Tampa, Florida. Credit: SpaceNews/Debra Werner

Companies offer life preservers for analysts drowning in data

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Intelligence analysts have a problem: more data than ever before. “It presents a massive challenge for us,” said Lt. Gen. Charles Brown Jr., U.S. Central Command deputy commander.

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U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson in conversation with SpaceNews at the 34th Space Symposium on April 18, 2018. Credit: SpaceNews

SN Military.Space | SecAF Wilson talks space reforms, ‘moving fast’ • SMC: Prototyping is back • GEOINT 2018 news

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Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson made news last week at the Space Symposium with major announcements on the reorganization of Space and Missile Systems Center and the standup of a new office to eliminate bottlenecks in the system.

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Satellite operators, data analysts agree on need for speed

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Geospatial data companies are focusing intently on acquiring satellite imagery quickly and speeding data delivery to customers.

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