The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded BAE Systems the Information Store (iSToRE) contract to provide advanced data management capabilities to support the National System for Geospatial Intelligence (NSG). The iSToRE is the NSG’s knowledge...
Lockheed Martin Deploys Map of the World Application to Commercial Cloud for National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
HERNDON, Va., Dec. 8, 2014 – The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) became the first intelligence agency to host an operational capability within Amazon Web Services’ Commercial Cloud Services (C2S) environment after Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]...
Airbus Defence and Space Strengthens Its Earth Observation Portfolio with the Addition of DMC Data
Airbus Defence and Space announced that the data and application services of DMC International Imaging Ltd. (DMCii), UK, will now be available through its Geo-Intelligence programme line, thus further enhancing its Earth observation-based products and services...
NGA Creates Unclassified Website to Support Ebola Relief Efforts
To help combat the spread of the Ebola virus disease, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is providing unprecedented online access to its unclassified geospatial intelligence products to lead federal agencies and their partners through a public-facing website...
NGA Publishes Gamification Software to GitHub
SPRINGFIELD, Va., Oct. 14, 2014 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency released gamification software code earlier this month to its organizational account on GitHub, an open-source, collaborative software development environment. The software gives awards...
NGA Awards 10 Contracts to Support Foundation Data for Geospatial Intelligence
SPRINGFIELD, Va., Oct. 10, 2014—The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency awarded ten contracts to eight companies this year to provide support to the agency’s foundation geospatial intelligence. Foundation data makes up the foundational layer for NGA operations...
Envitia Launches Discovery 3.0
HORSHAM, West Sussex, UK, Oct. 15, 2014—Envitia is delighted to announce the launch of Envitia Discovery 3.0 - a powerful suite of tools that enable organisations to automate the management, processing and distribution of geospatial intelligence and data to their...
Northeastern University Achieves USGIF Academic Accreditation
HERNDON, Va., Oct. 8, 2014—The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) announced the addition of the Northeastern University College of Professional Studies Master’s in Geographic Information Technology (GIT) program to the list of...
Common, Affordable Products Lead to ¨Analytic Innovation
By Dale Lehner, Office of Corporate Communications, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (www.nga.mil), Springfield, Va. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Advanced Visualization Branch, known as ASCSV, is taking imagery to new heights of...
Mobile Data Sharing Makes Every Worker a Sensor
More than a decade ago, the U.S. Army established the motto that every soldier is a sensor. Fast forward to today and that vision has become fact, with linked mobile devices and applications routing geospatial data back and forth between command and the field.
