Remote Sensing
Weekly GEOINT Community News
NGA Seeks Proposals for Airborne SAR BAA; HPE Software Achieves Information Processing Standard; Astro Digital Secures $16.65M in Series A Funding
Weekly GEOINT Community News
Boston Public Schools Introduce New World Maps; Planet Launches Explorer Beta Online Tool; Esri Donates Software to Combat Drug Epidemic
Friday’s Food for Thought: Precision Agriculture
Using satellites to assess crop health
Friday’s Food for Thought: GEOINT and Finance
Imagery analysis and machine learning meet Wall Street
Monitoring North Korea
In December, 38 North released a 3D panorama model of the interior of the control center at Sohae Satellite Launching Station in North Pyongan—the site where North Korea launches its satellites and tests its rockets and ballistic missiles.
Weekly GEOINT Community News
NGA Awards Four AI Research Contracts; SpaceX Rocket Launches; GSA Seeks to Streamline Purchase of GEOINT Products; DigitalGlobe Launches SecureWatch
Rapid Growth for Planet
Planet announced February 3 its intent to acquire Google’s small satellite business, Terra Bella, along with its fleet of seven SkySat satellites—a deal that will make Planet the undisputed leader in small satellite commercial remote sensing.
ViaSat: A Constellation with Capacity and Resiliency
ViaSat has grown in recent years, providing more diverse services. The company will soon launch the ViaSat-2 satellite, with the ViaSat-3 global constellation to follow.
Precision Agriculture Predicts Civil Unrest
Governments and NGOs today can predict food and water shortages like never before
Autonomous Agronomy
Precision agriculture applies technology to improve crop yields and reduce costs as well as to provide early warning signs about food insecurity and regional conflict