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Space Domain Increasingly Important To NGA In Assessing Behaviors, Whitworth Says

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023

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Space Domain Increasingly Important To NGA In Assessing Behaviors, Whitworth Says

Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. NGA photo.

ST. LOUIS—As space becomes increasingly competitive, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is helping its Defense Department partners keep tabs on the space domain, the agency’s director said on Monday. “And make no mistake, distinguishing friendly from unfriendly behavior in space has become particularly important to us,” Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth said at the annual GEOINT 2023 Symposium here. After assuming leadership NGA in June 2022, Whitworth changed the agency’s motto to “Know the World, Show the Way…from Seabed to Space.”…

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