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Intel experts converge for 2012 GEOINT Symposium
In addition to the exhibitions, GEOINT, which is in its ninth year, hosted several keynote speakers, panel discussions and breakout sessions by government, military and private sector leaders. Lt. Gen. Larry D. James, the Air Force’s deputy chief of ISR, was a featured speaker on the Services Intelligence Chiefs panel. He was joined by Maj. [...]
DOD Aggressively Pursues Intel Innovation
The Defense Department is driving innovation across all defense intelligence functions, the Pentagon’s intelligence chief said yesterday. Michael G. Vickers, undersecretary of defense for intelligence, discussed defense intelligence priorities and partnerships during remarks at the annual Geospatial Intelligence Symposium in Orlando, Fla. When he took the job in early 2011, Vickers said, he set four [...]
Raytheon studies intelligence analysts’ tradecraft to learn more about decision-making process
Raytheon has created a scenario-based gaming exercise to study in depth the intelligence analyst’s tradecraft to ultimately help analysts produce the best intelligence products and streamline workflows. “One way to think of this is that we are analyzing the analysts,” said Karen Ebling, analytics strategy director for Raytheon’s Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS) business. “We [...]
Northrop Highlights Unmanned Aircraft Systems at ILA Berlin Air Show 2012
Northrop Grumman Corporation is participating in the ILA Berlin Air Show, where it will highlight its industry-leading intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities with the EURO HAWK and NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) platforms, both of which are international derivatives of the RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The company’s aircraft [...]
The Airborne ISR Market 2012-2022: Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Platforms
Superior airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) has been, and will continue to be, critical to the success of military forces. Indeed, despite defence spending cuts, ISR systems procurement is projected to continue over the long term. Both manned platforms and unmanned systems have proven to be important in various situations and the two types [...]
Syria rebels ‘aided by British intelligence’
British intelligence on Syrian troop movements is helping rebels launch successful attacks on regime forces, a Sunday newspaper reported, quoting an opposition official. The Sunday Times weekly said the disclosure by the official was the first indication that British intelligence was playing a covert role in the anti-regime revolt which first erupted in March 2011. [...]
Global Hawk Makes Historic Flight from Grand Forks
The 69th Reconnaissance Group reached another milestone Aug. 7 with its first flight of a Block 40 RQ-4 Global Hawk from the flightline here. Previously, the 69th RG had only conducted flights in deployed environments. “We at the 69th Reconnaissance Group are very proud of our first successful flight of the RQ-4 Global Hawk,” said [...]
US Army Flies Long-Endurance ISR Air Vehicle
For more than 90 minutes, Aug. 7, the hybrid air vehicle known as the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle, or LEMV, stayed afloat above Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The LEMV, like a blimp, is capable of carrying multiple intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance payloads for more than 21 days at altitudes greater than 22,000 feet. The U.S. [...]
Integrated Intelligence Framework Takes Shape
An intelligence effort being advanced by each of the military services is promoting more complete intelligence analysis, better collaboration across the services and faster delivery of actionable intelligence to support combat operations. Each military service is developing its own version of the Distributed Common Ground System, a Defense Department-directed initiative to create a common framework [...]


