geospatial intelligence

Geospatial industry investor Keith Masback joins board of directors of Cognitive Space
Cognitive Space announced Jan. 10 the appointment of Keith Masback as an independent board member.

NGA to increase spending on commercial Earth monitoring services
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency plans to double its spending on contracts to monitor global economic activity from space.

Preligens aims to become a long-term DoD supplier
Preligens is expanding its U.S. subsidiary in a bid to become a long-term supplier of geospatial data analysis software to the U.S. Department of Defense.

Military looking for new ways to acquire and use commercial satellite data
Space Systems Command is trying to figure out how to exploit traditional and new types of commercial space data

Space Force has insatiable demand for geospatial intelligence
The U.S. Space Force plans to request funding in the 2024 budget for space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, U.S. Space Force deputy chief of space operations.

Government trying to streamline procurement of commercial space data
NGA is trying to match requirements with commercially available technology, said Frank Avila, commercial and business operations deputy director at the National Geospatial-intelligence Agency

Dixon calls for greater transparency and data interoperability
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is underscoring the need to fuse intelligence datasets, like geospatial intelligence, signals intelligence, human intelligence, said Stacey Dixon, U.S. deputy director of national intelligence.

To counter threats, U.S. intelligence community leans on partners
Partnerships with industry, academia and government agencies around the world are supporting the U.S. intelligence community’s campaign to counter threats to democracy like Russia's invasion of Ukraine, said Stacey Dixon, U.S. principal deputy director of national intelligence.

NGA notes advantages of unclassified commercial data
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is interested in keeping commercial datasets unclassified.

Capella to work with U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Technical Center
Capella Space is working with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Technical Center to satisfy Army demand for Earth observation with rapid tasking and delivery of synthetic-aperture radar data.