The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a combat support agency within the Department of Defense and a member of the United States Intelligence Community, whose primary mission is collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national security. NGA utilizes satellite reconnaissance data and collaborates with organizations like the U.S. Space Force, the Department of Defense, and international partners to provide geospatial intelligence for military and other operations. In 2024, NGA announced plans to create a space intelligence hub called the Joint Mission Management Center (JMMC) to better integrate data from various agencies. Keywords associated with NGA include: geospatial intelligence (GEOINT), satellite imagery, reconnaissance, and national security.
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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has been using commercial imagery from smallsat provider Planet.
The National Reconnaissance Office in September assumed responsibility for the EnhancedView contract that used to be managed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
Airbus began delivering WorldDEM in 2016 and has delivered the full program, which is used by the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
The GPS network has 16 monitoring sites that provide global coverage, six owned by the Air Force and ten owned by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
Letitia Long is a former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and specified that about 13,000 people across the Department of Defense are focused on space.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency signed a cooperative research and development agreement with Planet last month to explore improving the speed of extracting information and analytics from Planet imagery.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency purchased a $14,000,000 subscription for Planet’s Dove cubesat imagery in July 2017 following an introductory contract signed in 2016.
Over the past year, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ingested more than 12 million images and generated more than 50 million indexed observations.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is partnering with leading commercial vendors to produce next-generation high-resolution 3D models, 3D geospatial data, and battlefield visualization.
Justin Poole is overseeing the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's acquisition reforms and the agency will work within existing regulations while retooling offices and using other transaction authorities.
DIUX and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency launched the xView Detection Challenge in February to advance AI big-data capabilities using government satellite imagery.
DigitalGlobe works with both NGA and NRO and intends to continue serving the U.S. government.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency unveiled the GEOWorks collaborative data-sharing platform on 2018-04-23 at the GEOINT Symposium in Tampa, Florida.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency plans to continue adding datasets, tools, and challenges to the GEOWorks platform.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency launched a project called GeoWorks to provide easier access to NGA’s data and tools to U.S. companies, academic institutions, and interested individuals.
The Defense Innovation Unit Experimental partnered with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency on the xView Detection Challenge earlier 2018 to provide government satellite imagery to companies to develop machine learning algorithms.
There are 75 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency analysts working full time at U.S. Special Operations Command headquarters in Tampa.