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Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Though post from got geoint? This week, KippsDeSanto & Co. presented “The Community’s Got Talent,” which was an invitation-only battle of the bands to benefit The CIA Officers Memorial Foundation (CIAOMF) and The Special Operations Warrior Foundation (SOWF). Hosted by Dan Aykroyd, the event showcased the musical talent of IC and the SOF. And, let’s just say that, the community does have talent. Most people who are very smart (i.e., members of the IC of course), tend to be multi-layered and have many diverse talents — beyond what they do to protect our nation. So, the theme of this week’s FFFT post is all about the concept of being multi-talented. Speaking of talent, USGIF has just opened up its 2012 Scholarship application process. Don’t miss out on this opportunity. Happy Friday!

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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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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? As always, the sun rises and sets and here we are … it’s Monday again. Time to dust off our to-do lists and jump into productivity mode. Fortunately, we have been kind enough to pull together all the GEOINT-related news you need to kick start the week in true professional style. So, as we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on. Happy Monday!

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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 Friday’s Food for Thought post from got geoint? For those GEOINTers out there with children, do you ever find that your offspring never fully understand what you do for a living? This is a natural phenomenon because what we do is often complex and difficult to explain in terms that children can understand. Well, this is all about to change. This Sunday USGIF is participating in the International Spy Museum’s “SpyFest: Tradecraft Try-Its” program. SpyFest aims to introduce children to the skills and the tools used by members of the Intelligence Community. So, for this week’s FFFT post, we have decided to focus on ways that we can get our offspring more engaged in GEOINT and the sciences in general. We hope you enjoy and happy Friday!

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Fully understanding our natural resources is vital to the health and sustainability of our planet. With this in mind, over the past six years, Josef Kellndorfer and Wayne Walker of the Woods Hole Research Center created a detailed map that shows actual tree cover over the U.S. With the help from data from the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Geological Survey, the forests were mapped down to a scale of 30 meters, or roughly 10 computer display pixels for every hectare of land (4 pixels per acre). And, researchers estimate that their mapping database now contains measurements of more than 5 million trees.

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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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