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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? With the Super Bowl behind us, now is the time to get back into the world of productivity that always awaits us every Monday morning. And, unfortunately, the Super Bowl is not a national holiday, so not matter how exciting last night’s game was, we always have to dive back into work on Monday. So, if you want to be like Eli Manning and Giants, it’s all about preparation and having your head in the game. As such, we have been kind enough to pull together our weekly news round up post that aims to do just that. So, as we always say, fire up the second cup of coffee and read on. Happy Monday!

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Rather than equipping the warfighter with bulky helmets and goggles to provide vital battlefield data, DARPA is moving forward with an innovative program where contact lenses with built-in systems would allow soldiers to focus on distant targets and overlay their vision with tactical information. According to DARPA, the goal of the effort is to provide individual soldiers with data from aerial drones and battlefield sensors in real-time — which was previously a capability challenge.

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Last week, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta proposed cutting the budget by $487 billion over the next decade. According to the Washington Post, the cuts would result in slower production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and fewer purchases of the new Littoral Combat Ship and the Joint High Speed Vessel. Though the Pentagon is aiming to protect spending for building unmanned systems and is even looking to develop new ones. Further underscoring the move towards the expanded use of UAVs, Wired Danger Room recently did a post about a Congressional Research Service report that showcases how “almost one in three U.S. warplanes is a robot.”

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Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Thought post from got geoint? Who doesn’t love Fridays? It is the time to unwind, recharge and often assess one productivity during the previous four days. Speaking of busy weeks, the Pentagon proposed its future budget cuts yesterday. While this will certainly usher in an era of “doing more with less,” there will still be plenty of growth opportunities in the GEOINT sector. Speaking of growth opportunities, USGIF just announced an open solicitation to its membership for a Tradecraft Development Subcommittee Co-Chair. Don’t miss out on this one!

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The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) recently issued a study that underscores how the U.S. space industry is losing its competitive edge and risks falling short of future national security requirements unless government reforms our export control system and promotes the international competitiveness of U.S. industry. The report, Competing for Space: Satellite Export Policy and U.S. National Security, surveys U.S. satellite systems and components manufacturers about the challenges the space industrial base faces as a result of U.S. export policies. Among the adverse impacts on industry are loss of global market share and dampening of satellite component sales opportunities to sustain U.S. space technology leadership.

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PBS NOVA recently ran a program that will captivate the most avid GEOINT history buff. The segment called “3D Spies of WWII” highlights how allied intelligence teamed up with brilliant minds from Britain and Hollywood to develop 3D GEOINT solutions that played a major role in crippling Germany’s rocket program and paved the way for a successful D-Day launch. Be sure to check out the entire program in this post. It is truly fascinating!

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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 and are supercharged for the work week ahead. Based on our research for today’s post, we can safely say that USGIF member companies are keeping the GEOINT newscycle bustling along this week. There are plenty of announcements from companies like CACI, TerraGo, LizardTech and more in this installment of the MMNKO post. So, as we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on. Happy Monday!

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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 and are prepared to take on the world. Even the most dedicated GEOINT professional sometimes needs a little push in the right direction to get the work week started. Thus our ever-popular MMNKO post, which we serve up each Monday on a golden platter. So, we we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on. Happy Monday!

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The U.S. Navy is moving forward with developing an unmanned vertical takeoff and landing program that would produce an aircraft capable of resupplying Marine units in isolated regions. Under the Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS) program, the Navy is now soliciting bids for the development of what it is calling an unmanned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) program that would include “a vehicle autonomously avoiding obstacles while finding and landing at an unprepared landing site in dynamic conditions, with goal-directed supervisory control by a field operator with no special training.” According to Flightglobal.com, bids are due by February 28th, and awards will be given to two teams in April 2012, and the first flight demonstration is expected in fiscal year 2014.

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USGIF member company Raytheon and its partner Airborne Systems are developing navigation and guidance solutions that will keep deep-penetrating bombs and missiles on target in conditions where signals from GPS satellite satellites are degraded or unavailable. Under an $11 million contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Munitions Directorate at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, Raytheon is developing this technology as part of the Air Force High Velocity Penetrating Weapon program.

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