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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? As always, we hope you had a restful weekend spent with family and friends. Yes, we all know that Monday morning can be trying. But we have something very exciting coming up: GEOINT 2011. Speaking of GEOINT 2011, have you all taken advantage of CrowdVine, the official social network for the symposium? Be sure to log in and connect with fellow GEOINTers before and during the symposium. And, as always, fire up that second cup of coffee and catch up on all the recent headlines in our MMNKO post. Happy Monday!

Geospatial Spending in the U.S. DoD Market to Increase from $582.4 Million in 2010 to $604.1 Million in 2016
The U.S. DoD geospatial data, software, and services spending will continue to benefit from stable growth in command and control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) and the Government’s focus on counter-insurgency/terror operations, especially for special operations — according to Frost & Sullivan.

Intelligence Agencies Lauded for Progress Toward Balanced Use of Contractors
The nation’s 16 federal intelligence agencies together make a “model of sensitivity” on the importance of rebalancing what many see as the past decade’s over reliance on outside contractors to perform inherently governmental work, the Obama administration’s top procurement policy official told a Senate panel during a hearing last week.

Japanese Spy Satellite in Orbit After Successful Launch
A spy satellite for the Japanese government rode an H-2A rocket into orbit Friday, replenishing a fleet of secret spacecraft designed to keep track of missile development in North Korea.

Russia May Launch First Earth Remote Sensing Satellite in 2012
Russia’s first Earth remote sensing satellite, the Kondor, may be launched in January 2012.

GEOINT: Dealing with Massive Drone Data
The dramatic growth of the use of robotic warriors on the post-9/11 battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq is leading to information overload for the U.S. military.

ObjectFX Appoints Bill Pardue Chief Executive Officer
USGIF member company recently announced that Bill Pardue has been named Chief Executive Officer of ObjectFX.

SAIC Helps Launch Commercially-Hosted Infrared Payload Sensor for U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center
USGIF member company SAIC recently announced that the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), SES Government Solutions, Orbital Sciences Corporation, and the SAIC team has successfully launched the Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP) sensor into space.

NGA September/October Pathfinder Celebrates 15th Anniversary of NGA
Be sure to check out the latest issue of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) Pathfinder magazine, which focuses on the 15th anniversary of the NGA.

Forging Integrated Intelligence: Next Phase for GEOINT Community
GIS Cafe blog post about the concept of Intelligence Integration from Marv Gordner of MorganFranklin.

GEOINT 2011: Forging Integrated Intelligence
Bob Gourley, former CTO of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and Founder and CTO of Crucial Point, talks about GEOINT 2011 and the theme of “Big Data.”

MDA to Provide Radar Information to the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates recently announced that it has signed a multi-million dollar sole source delivery contract to provide radar information to be used in creating ice charts and for maritime surveillance to improve the safety of maritime navigation for the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

TASC Technology Expo
Finally, be sure to check out the TASC Technology Expo on October 6th Hyatt Regency in Reston.

Tags: DoD Geospatial Spending, GEOINT 2011, Japanese Spy Satellites, Marv Gordner and MorganFranklin, MorganFranklin, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, NGA Pathfinder, Object FX, SAIC, TASC, TASC Technology Expo