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NGA Eyes More Commercial Satellite Imagery

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

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NGA Eyes More Commercial Satellite Imagery

National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) Director Robert Cardillo. Photo: ODNI.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) continues to expand its use of commercial satellite imagery, exemplified by the agency’s recent contract award to Silicon Valley firm Planet, the head of NGA said Sept. 27.The commercial GEOINT industry is growing “at a revolutionary pace, with new and unique commercial sensors,” NGA Director Robert Cardillo testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. NGA is trying to tap into these gap-filling capabilities.“I think the potential’s very high here,” Cardillo said. “We’re leaning in very…

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