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Intelligence Community

NGA/U.S. Space Force Joint Mission Management Center ‘First Step’ in DoD/IC/Allied Imagery Integration

Frank Wolfe

Monday, September 9th, 2024

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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 forces, NGA said that the NGA/U.S. Space Force National System for Geospatial Intelligence’s Joint Mission Management Center (JMMC) achieved initial operational capability on May 31 and will help prioritize imagery taskings and the speed of commercial imagery delivery to meet tactical needs. "Each combatant command uses commercial data differently, and…

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