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This week, the US Air Force confirmed that it is flying a stealth unmanned aircraft known as the “Beast of Kandahar,” a drone spotted in photos and, until now has been shrouded in secrecy. The RQ-170 Sentinel is being developed by Lockheed Martin and is designed “to provide reconnaissance and surveillance support to forward deployed combat forces,” the air force said in a brief statement. Aviation experts dubbed the drone the “Beast of Kandahar” after photographs emerged earlier this year showing the mysterious aircraft in southern Afghanistan in 2007. Read more here.

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Welcome once again to our “Friday’s Food for Thought” post hosted exclusively on got geoint? We hope everyone had a productive week and were able to get a jump start on holiday shopping during the better-than-expected Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping sprees. For this week’s FFT post, we are tackling the theme of how science fiction has influenced real scientific breakthroughs. Science fiction movies, books and television shows are often ahead of their times (i.e., Jules Verne, pictured) and play a major role in the development of some of our most significant scientific achievements. Art influences real life. How cool is that? Hope you enjoy and happy Friday!

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post officially on got geoint? As we do each week, we have compiled a number of GEOINT/Intelligence/Defense-related stories that we consider “actionable” news — news you need to kick off the work week in the right foot. This week’s installment has a mixture of international news (Iran is planning to launch a communications satellite in 2011) to stock-related news regarding TomTom (yes, the stock is down – not a surprise). So, as we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on. Happy

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In any profession, ongoing learning and education is critical to an individual’s and an organization’s success. However, do you often find that the day-to-day work activities often supersede any extended education programs/events that you would like to tap into? Well fret no more. We have compiled a list of recommended books by the National Intelligence Education Foundation (NEIF) that are guaranteed expand your mind, broaden your horizon and bring you closer to self actualization. Well, that may be a bit extreme, but these are excellent books worth reading that will definitely broaden your knowledge base on Defense, Intelligence and National Security issues.

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Well, the time has finally come and GEOINT 2009 is happening as we speak. The editorial team of got geoint? was fortunate enough to just witness the opening ceremonies and the experience was nothing short of awe inspiring. Legendary guitarist Jeff “Skunk” Baxter opened things up with a highly melodious version of the “America The Beautiful” – a surprise to us all. Every year, USGIF outdoes itself when it comes to GEOINT, and this year tops the tops. For those of you who missed this, we will be posting video of his performance very shortly.

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It has been a busy summer for the Google Earth Enterprise (GEE) team — thanks for giving us the chance to tell you a bit about what we’ve been working on. There have been some interesting product updates to speak of and some cool customer uses for GEE this summer — especially in the government sector.

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post, exclusively on got geoint? As many of you may have noticed, our FFT post’s theme was all about going back to school. So, many of you — those with children — may have been dealing with the “first day of school challenges” on the home front this weekend. Well, fret no more. You are probably now in your office, ready to jump start the the work week. And, what better way to do that than to read our Monday Morning News Kick Off post. Today, we have lots of news to share – from the CIA under scrutiny and an industry report that states that the geospatial industry is down 1 percent. Scroll down for more actionable news you can use.

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Welcome once again to a news round up from the ESRI International User Conference. The second day of the event and there is no shortage of announcements to cover. From the news of S&K Technologies purchasing the controlling share in TerraEchos to an exclusive podcast from our friends at Directions Magazine, there lots of good stuff going happening. Scroll down to learn more.

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Did you all know that there are viable GEOINT applications in baseball? Neither did we. Today, the Baltimore Orioles and Harris Corporation announced that they have developed realistic virtual 3-D tour of the around Camden Yards called “Virtual Birdland,” which includes the ballpark, surrounding attractions, traffic routes and parking options. The Orioles are the first professional baseball team to employ this new virtual 3-D geospatial visualization technology to enhance their fans’ experience. Read more about it here. And, to experience “Virtual Birdland,” click here.

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Following is an exclusive got geoint? podcast with one of the premier GEO/GIS thought leaders and evangelists, Glenn Letham. Glenn wears many hats. He is a geographer, Co-founder/Managing Editor at Spatial Media, which includes GISuser.com. He is also an avid blogger and forward thinker when it comes to Web 2.0 and GIS. Here’s the podcast:

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