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Northrop Grumman Corporation has invited three of the nation’s leading cybersecurity research institutions — Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, Pa.; The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Mass; and Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. — to join a Cybersecurity Research Consortium to advance research in this field and develop solutions to counter the complex cyber threats that face our economy, our freedoms of information, and our national security. Read the full press release here.

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Following is an exclusive podcast with MIT students Oliver Yeh and Justin Lee. For a mere $148.00, these enterprising students launched a camera to the edge of space and took some amazing photos of earth. It is the ultimate tale of D.I.Y. GEOINT. We are also excited to announce that both Oliver and Justin will be attending GEOINT 2009 as VIPs and they look forward to the incredible opportunity of meeting leaders from the industry, defense and intelligence sector. Stay tuned for more news from GEOINT 2009 from these two rising stars in the GEOINT community.

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The hunt for the elusive Osama bin Laden seems to be the biggest challenge for defense and intelligence sources. However, it seems that we are honing in on him. According to a recent USA Today article, he is most likely hiding out in a walled compound in a Pakistani border town. The source for this story is a research team led by geographer Thomas Gillespie of the University of California-Los Angeles. Here’s the link to the actual report in the MIT Review.

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