Intelligence Community
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SpaceITAR in the Way of U.S. Industry Participation in Planned Japan Remote Sensing Constellation
Japan is planning an up to $3 billion satellite constellation aimed at providing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and other images to deter China, but U.S. companies looking to get into […]
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SpaceNGA Selects 10 Vendors To Compete Under $290 Million Luno A Global Monitoring Program
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) last Friday selected 10 companies to compete for task orders under a potential five-year, $290 million contract seeking commercial data and analytic services that monitor […]
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Air ForceImages from Space for Maven Depend on Analysis of Tiny Field of View
Images from space of objects and human patterns of behavior depend on the analysis of tiny fields of view to provide targeting insights to military commanders under Maven, Vice Adm. […]
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CongressKelly and Cramer Found Senate Defense Modernization Caucus
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s airland panel, and Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) have formed the Senate Defense Modernization Caucus as a counterpart to the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyU.S. Space Force Space Systems Command Says It’s Using $40 Million Congressional Add to Improve COCOM Use of Commercial Imagery
The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (USSF SSC) said that it is using a $40 million congressional add for Tactical, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Tracking (TacSRT) in fiscal 2024 to […]
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Intelligence Community
NGA/U.S. Space Force Joint Mission Management Center ‘First Step’ in DoD/IC/Allied Imagery Integration
While analysts with intelligence experience have pointed to gaps in the integration of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)-provided commercial imagery into the daily workflows of combatant command staff and front-line military […]
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Space
U.S. Space Force Commercial Space Office Considering ‘Automated Network Orchestration’
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command’s Commercial Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Office (CSCO)–a part of the Commercial Space Office in Chantilly, Va., under the leadership of Col. Richard Kniseley–is contemplating “automated […]
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Space
NGA Director Suggests Commercial Imagery Meeting COCOM Timelines
Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth, the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), suggested last week that commercial imagery was meeting the timelines of combatant commands (COCOMs). “Our day is really […]
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Intelligence CommunityNGA Launches Accreditation Pilot for AI Models
Amid popular, and some military, concern about the timely accuracy and applicability of artificial intelligence (AI), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is launching a pilot program for accrediting geospatial intelligence […]
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Intelligence CommunityNGA Awards BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin Sustainment Contracts
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in July awarded BAE Systems a potential five-year, $347 million contract to continue to sustain the agency’s National System for Geospatial-Intelligence Consolidate Library (NCL). Under […]