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NGA Close To Operational Use Of New GEOINT Tasking Tool For Combatant Commands

NGA Close To Operational Use Of New GEOINT Tasking Tool For Combatant Commands
Flooded port facilities and industrial area along the Dnipro River in Kherson, Ukraine, June 6, 2023, down river from the blown up Kakhovka dam. Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies

ST. LOUIS—A new version of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) primary tool for ordering imagery should be ready for operational use later this year, an agency official said. The tailored version of the GEOINT Information Management Services (GIMS) tool developed to operate in contested communications environments is being exercised with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command now and, if all goes well, the SlimGIMS will be ready for wider adoption, the official told Defense Daily on Tuesday at the GEOINT 2025 Symposium. GIMS…

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