A superabundance of geospatial intelligence data, along with incompatible data formats, creates the gigantic challenge of gleaning critical nuggets of actionable intelligence from streams of useless static.
Powerful Rocket Launches U.S. Spy Satellite
On June 29, 2012, the National Reconnaissance Office launched a classified satellite from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard the world's most powerful rocket.
GeoEye Facing EnhancedView Headwinds
GeoEye will receive only $181 million of the $337 million it was expecting from the U.S. government to build its next-generation satellite. The company's EnhancedView deal is in jeopardy as well.
RIO+20 Summit Highlights Earth Observation
The role of Earth observation in sustainable development was front and center at the Rio+20 summit on promoting jobs, clean energy and a more sustainable use of our planet's resources.
NGA Reveals 2013-2017 Strategy
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency aims to bolster its support of military and intelligence operations, intelligence analysis, homeland defense and humanitarian and disaster relief.
Military Wants Drone App Store
The U.S. military has dozens of different drones in its arsenal, each with its unique controller, but one Pentagon office thinks that's archaic and wants controls that can handle an entire fleet at once.
NGA Extends DigitalGlobe Services through August 2013
DigitalGlobe says the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will exercise the company's service level agreement (SLA) under its EnhancedView contract for another full year.
ESA Satellite Observations Identify Piracy Trends
Earth observation data from the European Space Agency's GlobWave project reveals that Mother Nature seems to be slowing down the rate of successful pirate attacks on the high seas.
French Nuclear Group Adds Helicopter Drone
The Group of Robotics INTervention on Accidents, which maintains a fleet of robots in case of a nuclear accident, has acquired a miniature INFOTRON unmanned aerial system.
U.S.-Argentine Satellite Mission Measures Ocean Salt
The Aquarius mission is painting a picture of ocean salinity”the amount of dissolved salt in the water”which is critical to many ocean aspects, ranging from climate to the global water cycle.
