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Project Maven Transitions to Program of Record, As NGA Looks to Leverage Program for Other Uses

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, November 2nd, 2023

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Project Maven Transitions to Program of Record, As NGA Looks to Leverage Program for Other Uses

Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth, director of the National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency (NGA Photo)

The Pentagon's Project Maven is becoming a program of record under the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). NGA said on Nov. 2 that it "has formally designated NGA Maven as a program of record, effective Nov. 7, 2023." "NGA Maven will leverage the Software Acquisition Pathway to accelerate, deliver, and sustain geospatial artificial intelligence capability maturation," the agency said. "The designation of NGA Maven as a program of record follows a nine-month intensive period of requirements development, documentation, and approvals, which…

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