Geospatial and Intelligence


Army establishes standard for geospatial data storage

The Army is working to establish a data content standard for geospatial-intelligence used by ground forces that would improve management and sharing of featured data generated by intelligence agencies, the Army, and the Marine Corps.

New tech needed in continuing fight against IEDs

Enduring capabilities to defeat IEDs are needed that can serve the military in future conflicts, says JIEDDO CIO James Craft.

Low-cost nanosatellites, small launchers would assist ground troops

The Army is making steady progress on its plans to demonstrate the usefulness of nanosatellites and low-cost mobile launchers to provide direct support to deployed forces.

DARPA looking for a few good imagers

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has put out a call seeking imagery researchers in the areas of visual and geospatial data analysis.

GEOINT foundation accepting nominations for excellence awards

The U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation is accepting nominations for its annual awards program.

DigitalGlobe, GeoEye ink merger agreement

DigitalGlobe and GeoEye have signed a $900 million merger agreement.

What's the answer to better geospatial intelligence?

The military has grown so good at collecting data that it risks suffocating in its own success.

GeoEye shares drop with latest Enhanced View twist

Earlier this week, GeoEye shares fell 22 percent because the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) said it wasn't guaranteeing $119 million in earth-imaging contracts extending through August 2013.

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  • Improving Performance Management and Project Control to Meet Cost/Schedule Milestones in DoD Procurement

    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