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Intelligence Community

NGA Plans Program For Digital Twin Of The World

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, July 19th, 2024

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NGA Plans Program For Digital Twin Of The World

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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) wants a digital twin that takes advantage of multiple data sources to provide users with accurate and timely 3D-representations of digital maps and charts, an effort the agency expects will take 10 years to achieve full operational capability. A Request for Information (RFI) released by NGA on July 18 says change detection will be a key component of the Foundational Digital Twin (FDT) Technology Challenge. Foundation GEOINT (FG) is one of NGA’s main technical domains…

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