Freese and Nichols’ Post

Helping people and making a difference. :-) For the past 3 days the United States Air Force Civil Air Patrol Geospatial team and FEMA members have been conducting geospatial damage assessments for the South Fork and Salt fires in New Mexico. The response is always a collaborative effort between the assessment teams and those who create the data we use. Thanks to Maxar Technologies, Planet, ICEYE, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for providing the imagery and derived products used to conduct the assessments, and Esri for the environment to work in. How is this validated? A Presidential Disaster Declaration given from The White House within two days and quickly helping get aid to the people that need it. https://lnkd.in/eNMBWxu4 #helpingothers #geospatial #gis #geospatialintelligence #disasterresponse #disasterrecovery #teamwork #wildlandfire #newmexico #servicetoothers

The United States will maintain and, as driven by requirements, refine and advance military presence in the #Arctic in support of our #homelanddefense, global military and power projection, and deterrence goals. - National Strategy for the Arctic Region

Ya know, the Secret Service can use GIS to calculate line of sight, travel routes, obstructions to target , and distances when planning their missions. There are tools in the RMTK to evaluate surface danger zones. I wonder if they take advantage of spatial products.

Follow Special Operations Command North over the next few weeks to gain insight on how #SOF sharpen readiness in extreme weather conditions throughout the #Arctic #ARCTICEDGE24; #AE24; #USNORTHCOM; #HomelandDefense; #AlwaysVigilant; #ArcticSecurity

Our Defense Sciences Office is requesting information about advances in #ocean circulation models and characterization of ocean parameters to help prevent strategic or tactical surprise for national security. Knowledge of real-time ocean dynamics is essential but is currently hampered by lack of data and information on which to base our models and assessment, particularly in the ocean interior. We are seeking to understand how to monitor the ocean and model its dynamics across a variety of spatial and temporal scales. Two-page technical response due Oct. 7. For more information on how to submit your input, visit: https://ow.ly/EHkc50Tzxg1 #oceanmodelling; #oceandynamics; #oceancirculation; #oceanmonitoring

In an era where technology transforms the minuscule into the monumental, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) alongside the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is at the helm of a maritime revolution. Geo-tracking technology, once a convenience for locating misplaced car keys, now embarks on a mission to safeguard and serve through the innovation of rugged buoy technologies. #AutomaticIdentificationSystem #Geotrackingtechnology #GlobalPositioningSystem #Kenautics #MaritimeObjectTrackingTechnology #Maritimesafetyandefficiency #MorcomInternational #Ruggedbuoytechnologies #SiliconValleyInnovationProgram #USCoastGuard

Finally got around to this awesome read. With all the talk of seabed warfare and CUI defense, Nature and bumbling humans (causing 200 breaks/year - about one every other day) pose just as great, if not greater, threat to global connectivity, and this will only increase as the Internet's neural pathways continue to proliferate. "The reason websites continue to load, bank transfers go through, and civilization persists is because of the thousand or so people living aboard 20-some ships stationed around the world, who race to fix each cable as soon as it breaks." https://lnkd.in/ecMjWwik

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GIS in Defense and Time-Critical Applications GIS is a cornerstone of modern defense and time-critical applications, providing unparalleled capabilities in spatial analysis, situational awareness, mission planning, logistics management, crisis response, and intelligence gathering. By leveraging the power of GIS.

"a 2-hour flight in ... a mixture of wet snow and freezing rain ... produced no adverse effects on the operation of the airship." NACA-TN-4220, A Flight Evaluation and Analysis of the Effect of Icing Conditions on the PG-2 Airship #AircraftIcing #IcingAnalysis #Airships https://lnkd.in/gHTN9w3Q #AltText for link image: Figure 5a. Location of snow catch observed on airship envelope. Snow distributed along top of envelope following 2-hour flight in light to moderate snow at -2 to -6 C.