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Changes Possible to GEOINT Support for Front-Line Military Forces

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, March 27th, 2024

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Changes Possible to GEOINT Support for Front-Line Military Forces

Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman speaks at the Air and Space Forces Association's warfare symposium in Aurora, Colo. last month.

Will U.S. Space Force or the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), or a combination of the two, have responsibility for rapid, within minutes commercial geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) support to the Combatant Commands (COCOMs)? "I think the Space Force is the right place to do the servicing of the tactical user with time-dominant commercial products for quick-turn operational needs," said David Gauthier, the chief strategy officer at GXO, Inc. and the past director of NGA’s commercial and business operations. "One reason is…

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