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U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

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Airbus began delivering WorldDEM in 2016 and has delivered the full program, which is used by the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)Org RelationshipOct 19, 2018Airbus leveraging partnerships, investments to deliver greater ground truth

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.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)Org RelationshipSep 11, 2018As GPS 3 launch nears, Air Force keeps watchful eye on ground controls

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.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyOrg RelationshipSep 10, 2018Experts: A separate military service for space may be too much too soon

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.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)Org RelationshipMay 17, 2018With six new satellites and more coming, Planet looks to disrupt high-res imagery market

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.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyTechnical ProductMay 17, 2018With six new satellites and more coming, Planet looks to disrupt high-res imagery market

Over the past year, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ingested more than 12 million images and generated more than 50 million indexed observations.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyTechnical ProductMay 13, 2018NGA official: Artificial intelligence is changing everything, ‘We need a different mentality’

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.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyTechnical ProductMay 13, 2018NGA official: Artificial intelligence is changing everything, ‘We need a different mentality’

Project Maven created pressure on the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to deliver Maven-like products and services.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyTechnical ProductMay 13, 2018NGA official: Artificial intelligence is changing everything, ‘We need a different mentality’

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.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyTechnical ProductMay 13, 2018NGA official: Artificial intelligence is changing everything, ‘We need a different mentality’

DIUX and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency launched the xView Detection Challenge in February to advance AI big-data capabilities using government satellite imagery.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyTechnical ProductMay 4, 2018Pentagon ramps up artificial intelligence efforts

Officials are working on a plan to transition commercial imagery acquisition from NGA to NRO in fiscal year 2019.

Mentioned as: ngaNarrative GeneralMay 2, 2018Intelligence agencies rethinking how to buy data from new Earth imaging companies

In 2010 NGA awarded DigitalGlobe a $3,500,000,000 contract and GeoEye a $3,800,000,000 contract in 2018-09-10-year deals under the EnhancedView program.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)Org RelationshipMay 2, 2018Intelligence agencies rethinking how to buy data from new Earth imaging companies

DigitalGlobe works with both NGA and NRO and intends to continue serving the U.S. government.

Mentioned as: NGAOrg RelationshipMay 2, 2018Intelligence agencies rethinking how to buy data from new Earth imaging companies

DigitalGlobe acquired GeoEye in 2012 and is now the primary supplier of imagery to NGA.

Mentioned as: ngaOrg RelationshipMay 2, 2018Intelligence agencies rethinking how to buy data from new Earth imaging companies

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency unveiled the GEOWorks collaborative data-sharing platform on 2018-04-23 at the GEOINT Symposium in Tampa, Florida.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)Narrative GeneralApr 26, 2018NGA’s GEOWorks platform will continue to evolve with new datasets, tools and challenges, CTO says

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency plans to continue adding datasets, tools, and challenges to the GEOWorks platform.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyTechnical ProductApr 26, 2018NGA’s GEOWorks platform will continue to evolve with new datasets, tools and challenges, CTO says

NGA developed the GEOWorks site in an eight-week effort to deploy a working platform for the GEOINT Symposium.

Mentioned as: NGATechnical ProductApr 26, 2018NGA’s GEOWorks platform will continue to evolve with new datasets, tools and challenges, CTO says

GEOWorks was launched to invite U.S. individuals and organizations to access NGA unclassified data to build algorithms, participate in hackathons, and compete in challenges.

Mentioned as: NGATechnical ProductApr 26, 2018NGA’s GEOWorks platform will continue to evolve with new datasets, tools and challenges, CTO says

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.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyTechnical ProductApr 25, 2018Intelligence community, companies give out satellite imagery to motivate app developers

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.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)Org RelationshipApr 25, 2018Intelligence community, companies give out satellite imagery to motivate app developers
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