Maven AI/ML Platform Contributing Big Time To Operations, NGA Chief Says
ST. LOUIS—Months after assuming responsibility for a largely classified program that applies artificial intelligence and machine learning (AL/ML) to video and imagery to detect objects for warfighters,...
View ArticleNRO Releases Draft RFP To Examine Latest In Commercial Electro-Optical...
ST. LOUIS—The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Monday released a new draft solicitation to alert potential commercial vendors of its plans to award contracts to have a look at the […]
View ArticleNGA Plans New Commercial Contract For Economic Indicator Monitoring
ST. LOUIS—The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) later this year plans to award a new contract to help in monitoring for economic indicators using remote sensing data, agency officials said...
View ArticleSpace Domain Increasingly Important To NGA In Assessing Behaviors, Whitworth...
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...
View ArticleSatellite Imagery Could Aid Border Patrol In Security With Situational...
ST. LOUIS–Earth observation data would be useful to the Border Patrol and its agents in the field to improve situational awareness around things like washed out trails and changing tactics […]
View ArticleCENTCOM AI/ML Wish List Points to Future Predictive Goals for Project Maven
U.S. Central Command’s (CENTCOM) fiscal 2024 wish list points to what the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) has said is a primary longer term goal of artificial intelligence (AI)–the...
View ArticleKorean Satellite Analytics Company Launches Program Aimed At North Korean...
South Korea’s SI Analytics this week said it has launched a new program that targets its commercial satellite imagery artificial intelligence (AI)-powered analytical capabilities at neighboring North...
View ArticleU.S. Space Force Looks to AI/ML to Aid Space Domain Awareness
The U.S. Space Force is looking to artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) to aid space domain awareness and other mission areas, a top service official said on May 24. The Space […]
View ArticleDespite Advances In AI Technology, It’s Still Not ‘Good Enough,’ NGA Official...
ST. LOUIS—There is no need to pause development of artificial intelligence (AI) despite recent advances that have alarmed experts and policy-makers about hidden dangers in the use of the technology […]
View ArticleNGA Selects Five Companies To Compete For $947 Million In Support Work
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) last Friday selected five small companies to compete for enterprise management support work under a potential $947 million contract. Credence Dynamo...
View ArticleRAND Advises Training Changes for U.S. Space Force to Combat Limited Number...
A new RAND study advises U.S. Space Force (USSF) to encourage or require its Guardian officers to have a third skill area to reduce the effects of a limited supply […]
View ArticleSenate to Receive Briefings on Artificial Intelligence
The U.S. Senate is to receive briefings in the coming weeks on the state of U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) and how potential U.S. adversaries may use AI. “This work period, […]
View ArticleNSA Official Outlines Priorities For AI
There are three priority areas the National Security Agency (NSA) is focusing on regarding artificial intelligence (AI), including what the nation’s adversaries are doing with the technology, how the...
View ArticleNROL-68 Satellite Aloft, As ULA Delta IV Winds Down
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), U.S. Space Force’s Space Launch Delta 45, Space Systems Command (SSC), and United Launch Alliance (ULA), launched the NRO’s NROL-68 satellite on June 22nd from...
View ArticleClassified AI Briefing to Senators A ‘Candid, Wake Up Call,’ Schumer Says
Pentagon, intelligence, and White House officials’ classified, artificial intelligence (AI) briefing to about 70 senators on July 11th was a “candid, wake up call,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer...
View ArticleHawkEye 360 Says $58 Million Raised to Advance RF Sensing and Processing...
HawkEye 360 Inc. said on July 13 that it has raised $58 million in a Series D-1 round of funding from venture capital and private equity firms, including BlackRock [BLK], […]
View ArticleLots Of Capital, Not So Much Federal Contracts For National Security Startups
The top venture capital backed national security startup companies have raised tens of billions of dollars to fund their operations but far less when it comes to winning federal contracts, […]
View ArticleCentral DoD Data Repository Critical for Pentagon AI Applications, AI Company...
Pentagon data centralization is crucial to the future of military artificial intelligence (AI) applications, an AI entrepreneur told a congressional hearing on July 18th. “AI systems are only as good […]
View ArticleNOAA Eliminates Certain Restrictions on Commercial Remote Sensing Companies
The U.S. government lifted certain restrictions on commercial remote sensing satellite companies on Monday. The changes came from NOAA’s Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs (CRSRA) office,...
View ArticleNRO, NGA, Space Command Create Framework To Enhance Cooperation With...
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and U.S. Space Systems Command in July agreed to a framework that lays out roles and responsibilities for...
View ArticleUSAF Wants U-2 to Inform Fighters’ Open Mission Systems, Future SIGINT
DAYTON, Ohio–While the U.S. Air Force plans to retire its Lockheed Martin [LMT] U-2 Dragon Lady reconnaissance fleet by 2026, the service wants to use the plane to inform future […]
View ArticleNRO, NGA, Space Command Release Portion Of Framework To Protect Commercial...
The intelligence community and U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) on Thursday released the executive summary of a new framework that outlines the roles and responsibilities of the government in helping to...
View ArticleNGA To Solicit For Research and Technology Needs With New BAA
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) later this fall plans to issue a new broad agency announcement (BAA) to solicit research and technology proposals to meet government needs within the...
View ArticleNGA Announces Winners For Final Phase Of Challenge To Support World Magnetic...
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has launched the final phase of a competition that seeking novel ways to collect data in support of a global model that is the standard […]
View ArticleNSA Consolidates AI Security Activities To Enhance Focus, Nakasone Says
To strengthen its focus on vulnerabilities and security around artificial intelligence, the National Security Agency (NSA) is establishing a new center that will consolidate its activities in AI...
View ArticleBridge Core Federal Acquires Defense And Intelligence Consulting Firm...
Bridge Core Federal last Friday said it has acquired teKnoluxion, a federal consulting firm specializing in software and systems engineering, cloud services, and data analytics solutions for the...
View ArticleNRO Looks to Commercial Practices for Increased Satellite Production, But...
Aerospace industry analysts are wondering how the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) will be able to achieve a quadrupling in the production of agency satellites in the next decade and whether […]
View ArticleNGA Marks End of Wet Film Processing, But Decades of Use Illustrate “Enormity...
This summer, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) moved to all digital imagery after the agency finished the June processing of the final two miles of wet film from the KA-80 […]
View ArticleHawkEye 360 Nabs Awards To Provide Space-Based RF Data For Indo-Pacific...
HawkEye 360 on Tuesday said it has received a $12.3 million contract from the Navy to continue providing its satellite-based radio frequency (RF) as part of a maritime domain awareness […]
View ArticleNGA Issues Draft Solicitation For New Approach To Economic Indicator Modeling
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on Tuesday released a draft request for proposal for LUNO A, a program that will replace the agency’s current Economic Indicator Monitoring (EIM)...
View Article10,000 “Operationally Relevant” Commercial EO Images Provided to NGA Per Week
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) had said that companies provide NGA and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) 50,000 electro-optical (EO) commercial images weekly. NGA is now...
View ArticleProject Maven Transitions to Program of Record, As NGA Looks to Leverage...
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 […]
View ArticleWith Foundation In Place, Contracting Opportunities Next For NGA’s Maven
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has completed foundational work for its Maven program and is getting ready to begin soliciting industry for business opportunities related to the...
View ArticleNGA Adopts PEO Structure To Improve Visibility For Industry And Policymakers
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in October adopted a new program management structure for the technologies and services it acquires to answer stakeholder concerns related to...
View ArticleNRO Awards Five Contracts to Assess, Leverage Commercial Electro-Optical Imagery
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) said on Dec. 5 that it has awarded Airbus‘ U.S. space and defense division, Albedo Space, Hydrosat, Muon Space, and Turion Space Strategic Commercial...
View ArticleHawkEye 360 Acquires RF Business From Maxar, Complementing Satellite...
Commercial remote sensing satellite and data provider HawkEye 360 on Monday said it acquired the RF Solutions business from Maxar Intelligence, a deal that adds two existing radio frequency satellites […]
View ArticleNGA Awards BAE $183 Million Analytic Modeling Contract
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) in late December awarded BAE Systems a $182.7 million contract to develop and sustain analytic modeling capabilities, and integrate or replace...
View ArticlePentagon Inspector General Outlines 83 Planned Projects, Including Evaluation...
The Pentagon Inspector General (IG) has outlined 83 projects–54 audits and 29 evaluations–that it plans to undertake in fiscal 2024. Among the projects are a DoD/National Reconnaissance Office space...
View ArticleNGA Awards Maxar Intelligence Task Order for Precision3D Data
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded Maxar Intelligence a task order to provide the agency with a Precision3D data bundle covering an area within the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area...
View ArticleNGA Issues Solicitation For New Economic Indicator Monitoring Contract
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on Wednesday released a request for proposals (RFP) for the LUNO A program that will open a new contract for economic indicator monitoring from...
View ArticleLUNO A Geospatial-Intelligence Contract Will Be Worth $290 Million, NGA Says
Due to significant demand under an existing contract for geospatial-intelligence (GEOINT) data to analyze visible economic indicators, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) plans to award a...
View ArticleNGA Awards $794 Million R&D Contract
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) said on Jan. 26 that it has awarded a $794 million umbrella contract to Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH], Lockheed Martin [LMT], Fairfax, Va.-based...
View ArticleNRO Adds Umbra To Next Stage Of Commercial RF Sensing Contract
Umbra on Wednesday said the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has selected the company for the second stage of a commercial remote sensing contract the agency uses to obtain radio satellite-based […]
View ArticleMaven Speeding Ability To Comb Through Imagery, NGA’s Whitworth Says
Analysts have sorted through 40 percent more sensor imagery in the past year than previously due to assistance from computer vision technology that is helping to find potential targets, the […]
View ArticleChanges Possible to GEOINT Support for Front-Line Military Forces
Will U.S. Space Force or the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), or a combination of the two, have responsibility for rapid, within minutes commercial geospatial intelligence (GEOINT)...
View ArticleNGA Director Outlines AI Effort For Warning Indicators
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is moving toward an artificial intelligence-based program called ASPEN that will help the agency provide warnings to its customers based on changes in...
View ArticleFinal Delta IV Heavy Launch for NROL-70 Upcoming
The final Delta IV Heavy rocket may launch on March 29 from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command said on March 28 that the rocket was […]
View ArticleNGA Planning Second Contract Under LUNO Effort
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) last Thursday released a synopsis for a new contract effort, LUNO B, which will be a multiple award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ)...
View ArticleNRO Set To Launch First Phase Of Proliferated Space Architecture
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—In early May, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) expects to launch the first phase of its planned proliferated space architecture that aims to significantly expand the...
View ArticleMaxar Intelligence Plans Increase in Satellite Constellation
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Maxar Intelligence this year plans to expand its constellation of electro-optical (EO) imaging satellites to satisfy data needs for government and commercial buyers, according...
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