Geospatial and Intelligence


Mobile power can speed geospatial intell to battlefront

The emergence of powerful, portable consumer products is helping propel the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's plans to get imagery into the hands of warfighters.

Marine aviators in Afghanistan turn to iPads

Marine aviators are among the latest addition to the growing ranks of military personnel using mobile devices.

Navy leaders to share program strategies at IT Day

The AFCEA-NOVA Chapter will host its 10th Annual Naval IT Day on June 9, and Defense Systems staff members will be on hand to provide comprehensive coverage of the event.

New technologies will project U.S. power in Asia: Gates

The United States will use many of the latest weapons and technologies in its arsenal to maintain a strong military presence throughout Asia to protect its allies and help guard shipping lanes, said Defense Secretary Robert Gates June 4 in Singapore.

Army readies on-demand imagery tool for battlefield use

The Army will deploy this summer in-theater DARPA's Heterogeneous Airborne Reconnaissance Team system to enable soldiers to download on-demand video from the service's aircraft onto mobile computing devices.

Army to fuse aerial intell into common ops view

MUSIC will bring together manned and unmanned aircraft systems to share a visual operational picture among pilots, UAS operators and troops on the ground.

Giant airships would keep longer watch over troops

The Army has partnered with contractors to develop giant airships with advanced surveillance capabilities -- one of which boasts the ability to stay aloft for as long as three weeks at a time.

RQ-170 made frequent flights over bin Laden compound

In the months preceding the May 2 raid, the CIA reportedly flew dozens of missions with high-altitude unmanned stealth aircraft over the compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was killed to obtain high-resolution video that satellites could not provide.

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    It can be nearly impossible to build annual budgets that consider forecasted project and program work plans along with detailed cost data, particularly when attempting to reconcile actual and projected program costs with actual schedule performance. In this webcast, a defense IT program manager will share best practices and hard-won lessons aligning critical data on project performance, cost systems and schedules for truly big picture program management insight. Read more