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Using SAR to Accurately Map an Oil Spill

9/10/2020

On July 25, the Japanese-owned ship MV Wakashio hit a coral reef while carrying 4,000 tons of fuel oil near Pointe d'Esny, which is close to the shores of the remote Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. On August 6, oil began leaking from the vessel. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data from Sentinel-1 has been used to map the oil... Read More >

SAR Data Used to Extract Damage From Beirut Explosion

8/5/2020

On August 4, a huge explosion devastated the port area of Beirut, Lebanon just after 18:00 (3:00pm GMT). The Sentinel-1 sensor operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) captured Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data of the area at 3:45am. The use of SAR data is increasing around the world due to its many benefits such as the... Read More >

ENVI as an ELT: New Report Generation Tool and Enhanced Annotations

4/28/2020

What happens after a GEOINT analyst has completed all their exploitation and analysis? The newly derived information must be presented in an approved format in order for Joint Force Commanders (JFCs) and decision makers to act on it. Every GEOINT analyst knows that presentation is key. Even the best information or intelligence,... Read More >

Making it Easy to Provide Timely, Accurate, and Actionable Intelligence

4/23/2020

After decades of global armed conflict to eradicate terrorism, the modern battlefield has proven to be complex and extremely unpredictable. As a result, the demand placed on analysts to rapidly exploit intelligence data to generate accurate intelligence reports is at an all-time high. According to the DoD’s Joint Publication 2-0 (JP... Read More >

Journey from the NFL to the Army to L3Harris

3/31/2020

After going to college on a football scholarship, Tim Mack had a short career in the NFL, playing defensive back in training camps and on practice squads for the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints. Once his time in the NFL was up, he followed his sense of duty and joined the U.S. Army. After a distinguished 19-year career in the Army,... Read More >