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U.S. Army "One World Terrain" Becoming High-Demand War Planning Tool

U.S. Army “One World Terrain” Becoming High-Demand War Planning Tool

USCICT VIDEO: https://youtu.be/6Avi4CiZ-CU “DEFENSE NEWS” – By Jen Judson “The U.S. Army’s One World Terrain, a virtual world that the service has been building for roughly five years to give a real-life feel to training, is becoming much more than that. OWT was originally meant to be a training tool, designed to replace 57 different terrain data formats in the simulation world. It’s clear,…

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Geopolitics Keeps Overruling Cyber Norms, So What's The Alternative?

Geopolitics Keeps Overruling Cyber Norms, So What’s The Alternative?

“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Laura G. Brent https://www.cnas.org/people/laura-brent “Behavior in cyberspace will not be better or different than behavior in other domains, While governments should not give up on political norms, they should focus on what other tools might also reduce harms in cyberspace. One such tool: technical cyber norms. This approach is not unprecedented. Consider New START and…

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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Opens New Lab For Unclassified Collaboration

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Opens New Lab For Unclassified Collaboration

“C4ISRNET” “Located in downtown St. Louis, the new Moonshot Labs will encompass 12,000 square feet of shared workspace within the T-REX innovation center, a GEOINT-focused group with ties to NGA.  According to a video announcing the endeavor, NGA stated the lab will support software development specializing in geospatial…

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"Revolving Door" - Former NGA Director Joins Satellite Imagery Company

“Revolving Door” – Former NGA Director Joins Satellite Imagery Company

“C4ISR” “Cardillo served as NGA director for four years, leading the agency charged with mapping the world and providing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) to the intelligence community and policy makers. The former director has a lengthy history working with GEOINT, launching his intelligence career in 1983 as an imagery analyst with the Defense Intelligence…

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U.S. Solicits Commercial Geo-Location Data Sets For Homeland Security

U.S. Solicits Commercial Geo-Location Data Sets For Homeland Security

“DEFENSE SYSTEMS” The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency wants a geolocation dataset of U.S. businesses operating in sectors considered essential to U.S. homeland security. According to a Jan. 7 request for information, NGA said it’s looking for sources of commercial geospatial databases that could be integrated into the Homeland Infrastructure Foundation Level Data (HIFLD) to inform…

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Government Contest For Geolocating Source Of Video And Audio Recordings

Government Contest For Geolocating Source Of Video And Audio Recordings

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“The ambient audio in your video could give away its location. The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has launched a cash prize competition to find new ways to locate where audio and video files were recorded.“

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“As the primary source of geospatial intelligence, the NGA…

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Europe Seeking Geopolitical Independence From U.S.

Europe Seeking Geopolitical Independence From U.S.

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“STRATFOR WORLDVIEW“

“The European Union’s plans to develop a military initiative and a multi-billion dollar defense fund have threatened the United States’ access to its EU allies’ defense markets.

To Europe, however, these initiatives serve as key steps to forming a common defense capability while helping the Continent achieve a level of geopolitical…

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